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Intact Public Entities and Intact Financial Corporation provide $1 million to support climate resiliency in Canadian communities
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Intact Public Entities and Intact Financial Corporation provide $1 million to support climate resiliency in Canadian communities\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n Ten municipalities and not-for-profit recipients awarded grant funding to support local climate change initiatives\n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n \n ,\n \n \n June 29, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - Intact Public Entities (IPE) and Intact Financial Corporation (TSX: IFC) are pleased to announce that 10 communities across\n \n Canada\n \n will receive grants to mitigate the risks of flooding and wildfires. Intact's granting investment, totalling\n \n $1 million\n \n , will go directly to support the front lines – municipalities being affected by the impacts of a changing climate.\n \n \n Doubling down on adapting to the impacts of climate change is one of the pillars of Intact's\n \n five-part climate strategy\n \n . \"We are proud to support local solutions for communities vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather like flooding and wildfire,\" says\n \n Diane Flanagan\n \n , Deputy Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Communications, IFC and Chair, Intact Foundation.\n \n \n The 10 selected recipients represent municipalities and not-for-profit organizations across the country and were picked from a competitive pool of 144 applicants. Their projects range from creating wetlands and rain gardens to reduce flooding in the community, to the implementation of incentive programs for homeowners to make their residences more wildfire resilient.\n \n \n \n \n \n British Columbia\n \n :\n \n Increasing climate resilience through wetland development in\n \n Vancouver's\n \n Downtown East Side, EYA Environmental Youth Alliance Society,\n \n Vancouver\n \n \n \n \n \n Alberta\n \n :\n \n \n \n \n Wildfire mitigation incentive program, Lac La Biche County\n \n \n FireSmart home action rebate program, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Fort McMurray\n \n \n FireSmart homeowner incentive program,\n \n Town...