— Members of the Canadian Armed Forces have arrived in a small town in central Ontario’s cottage country that’s grappling with record floodwaters, where soldiers will help with sandbagging and other relief efforts. Bracebridge Mayor Graydon Smith says he put in a call for military help on Saturday, as forecasters predicted roughly 25 millimetres of rain next Wednesday. “While we’re expecting things to come down in portions of the watershed over the next few days … Wednesday could throw a bit of wrench into it,” Smith told reporters Sunday. Thirty soldiers were already on site with the remainder to follow, he added, and their immediate plan was to help with sandbagging. Like Bracebridge, the forecast calls for more rain by Wednesday or Thursday, but Devolin said he is not expecting to require help from the Forces.

Source: National Post April 28, 2019 21:00 UTC