Canada Tells Flood Victims It’s Time to Move

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By Jordan DavidsonSep 12, 2019, 2:34 pm282 pts
The city of Gatineau, just across the river from Canada's capital city of Ottawa was inundated by a 100-year flood in 2017. Then, this past April, the flooding was worse, which has prompted the government to tell people who lost more than 50 percent of the value of their home to just leave. Canada has decided…

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