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Back to top Treaty talks for assured flood control have impacts in Nelson and area: province

Back to top Treaty talks for assured flood control have impacts in Nelson and area: province

Time may be expiring on the Columbia River Treaty but a stream of issues to continue workability between Canada and the U.S. won’t be water under the bridge just yet. Sixty years of Assured Flood Control is set to expire in 2024 but the two countries have been in talks to modernize the historical transboundary agreement since May 2018, covering a range of topics over the course of 10 rounds of meetings.