The mayor of Abbotsford, BC, and city emergency officials are scheduled to provide an update on the battle against the floods at 2 p.m. PST Saturday.
Global News will broadcast the event live here and on our Facebook page.
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BC Floods – The province opens the second corridor between the Lower Continent, the interior
The city remains in a state of local emergency, with massive flooding in the Sumas Prairie agricultural area.
Crews have been fighting to repair gaps in a key levee that protects the prairie from waters flowing north from the flooded Nooksack River in Washington state.
Canadian Forces troops have come to town to help with the work.
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British Columbia Floods: Abbotsford Abandons Controversial Levee Plan, Repairing Levee Breaks Instead
More than 600 people have been evacuated from the area, which also remains under a boil water advisory.
On Friday, Abbotsford officials scrapped a controversial plan to build a new levee on the north side of Highway 1 through the area, which could have cost multiple homeowners their homes.
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