Heard On The Hill

Local MPs pitch in to help combat flooding as water levels continue to rise

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Liberal MP Will Amos helps out with sandbagging efforts on April 28 at the municipal garage at l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet in his riding of Pontiac, Que., which has been heavily affected by flooding in the National Capital Region this week. Photograph courtesy of William Amos’s Twitter

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 1, 2019

As the National Capital Region braces amid flooding, MPs joined volunteers, officials, and the Canadian Armed Forces in sandbagging in hopes more costly water damage can be avoided. Some areas on the Ottawa River have water levels higher than during the 2017 flood, and the region is preparing for a...

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