HALIFAX — Residents of small communities across Canada are finding creative ways of getting around Facebook’s news blackout to share updates about dangerous weather events, but they say it’s still tough to get information to people quickly on the platform.

One year after Meta, Facebook’s parent company, banned all links to Canadian news on its platforms — a reaction to the federal government’s legislation requiring tech giants to compensate news companies — the site remains a critical tool for people to stay informed about events such as flash floods.