City Adds 10 Interpreters to Aid Flood Victims
The Hat Cultural Volunteer Centre in Medicine Hat has expanded its translator program with 10 new volunteers including two Spanish speakers. Translators speak German Chinese French Vietnamese and are on call for emergencies. Volunteers like Vladimir Renderos Anh Thai and others recount crisis experiences and readiness to assist during flooding and related situations.
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Binh Yen
Medicine Hat
Kent Stevens
The
Hat Cultural
Vladimir Renderos
Medicine Hat College
el Salvador
Business Administration
Stevens
Renderos
Anh Thai
Ho Chi Minh City
Saamis Immigration Service
Saamis Immigration
Canada
Hatters rally to aid flood victims in Medicine Hat
Residents and businesses in Medicine Hat mobilize to support 5 000 flood victims. Volunteers sandbag police facilities, provide food and clothing, and hotels offer free lodging as 40 CFB Suffield personnel assist in securing evacuated areas.
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Medicine Hat
Deliine Sharpe
Medicine Hat College
McCoy High School
Sharpe
KFC
Rick Robinson
Medicine Hat Salvation Army
K-Mart
Holiday RV
Redcliff
McDonald's
Grower Direct
Fiood
Tim Horton Donuts
South Saskatchewan
Red Cross
Wendy Cross
Cross
Ted Grimm
CFB Suffield
Pet evacuees fill Hatters hotel kennels in flood chaos
The Medicine Hat area faced pet displacements as residents fled rising floodwaters. At Cat and Dog Hotel, 60 cats and about 70 dogs were boarding evacuees’ pets, with a temporary SPCA room and a college unit housing small animals. Residents and staff described the emotional strain. A cockatiel named Joey also joined St. Joseph's Home residents to ease the atmosphere.
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Bill Waters
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Wally Campbell Waters
Medicine Hat College
Cat and Dog
Waters
South Saskatchewan
SPCA
Medicine Hat Police Service
Delirne Sharpe
Sharpe
St. Joseph's Home For
Riverside
Joey
St. Joseph’s
Home For the
Airwaves Jammed by Flood as Reporters Complicate Cell Service
AGT cell sites in Medicine Hat were damaged by floods causing outages and heavy congestion. Emergency crews work to bolster the remaining facility while police report widespread disruption to landline and cellular service affecting about 40 city homes and 45 rural homes.
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Medicine Hat College
Deiline Sharpe
Medicine Hat
AGT Mobility
Rick Preston
Ingrid Koch
Cactus Communications
Emergency Services
Sharpe
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