Taking Credit: Keeping your credit strong after a natural disaster

By Editor|2019-09-17T11:45:21+00:00September 17th, 2019|

After a major disaster hits, the last thing that small business owners may be worrying about is their credit cards – a mistake that could prove costly in days moving forward. An article in World [...]

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A Mighty Wind: How describing Mega-Hurricanes might require a new scale

By Editor|2019-09-17T11:44:02+00:00September 17th, 2019|

With the devastation caused by Dorian still fresh in people’s minds, at least one meteorologist is calling for a revision in the scale used to describe hurricanes. "A low-end Category 5 with 160 mile-an-hour winds [...]

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On the Road: Helping to provide services to those with opioid addictions

By Editor|2019-09-17T11:42:51+00:00September 17th, 2019|

Like many cities in North America, Vancouver has found itself deeply affected by the opioid epidemic, with the Vancouver firefighters’ annual overdose calls reaching 5,000 in 2018, according to an article in The Globe and [...]

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The Center of It All: Ransomware attacks are increasingly focusing on centralized service providers

By Editor|2019-09-17T11:41:36+00:00September 17th, 2019|

Ransomware continues to evolve as a threat to businesses. Shifting from isolated companies, designers and users of ransomware are now instead looking to infect the organizations than handle data and services for wider groups. Called [...]

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Farming Out Risk: How disaster management can assist the agricultural sector in robustness and recovery

By Editor|2019-09-17T11:40:14+00:00September 17th, 2019|

Traditionally, disaster management organizations have only been involved with agriculture in a reactive manner after a natural disaster or other destructive event has already occurred. With natural disasters becoming both more frequent and more damaging, [...]

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