Calgary's mayor says he's satisfied with the steady stream of provincial funding for small-scale projects to protect the city from flooding, but he's still looking for large-scale, upstream mitigation measures on both the Elbow and Bow rivers. "Flood resilience and mitigation continues to be our top priority," Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Wednesday as the province revealed roughly $13 million in specific grants for projects within the city limits. The projects are also receiving funding from the municipal and federal governments, but Nenshi said the province is picking up most of the tab. "I think it is very clear that the province is making the moves that we need them to make," the mayor said. 'Giant cheque ... please'As for the Bow River, the province is still relying on a deal with TransAlta to use its Ghost hydro dam for flood-mitigation purposes.

Source: CBC News April 12, 2017 18:00 UTC