More than 100 soldiers descended on Grand Forks this past week, as flood waters rose to historic highs.
Capt. Chris Hanson, who led the Edmonton-based troops, said his soldiers were happy to help their fellow Canadians in their time of need.
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Leading them was Sgt. Bradley Lowes, whoB次元官网网址檚 seen his fair share of B.C. cities fighting off natural disasters.
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With the flood waters receding and , the army is getting ready to redeploy.
But as the 3,000 Kootenay-Boundary residents under evacuation order tryig to come to terms with the floods that displaced them from their homes, Lowes said that the military was in a unique position to help out not just physically, but mentally.
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