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The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 7

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The Vancouver Suni
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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7
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PEST COPY AVAILABLE CANADA A7 The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, April 4, 1987 -Worst flooding over KT.B. river level drops 1 JsCl I r' JiifaM mi water and some high-tech equipment had been The federal government said it is prepared to give financial assistance to flood-stricken communities in New Brunswick and Quebec. Deputy Prime Minister Don Ma-zankowski told the Commons that federal emergency planning provides for aid to help communities hit by disasters. The state of emergency was lifted Friday night in Fredericton, which got off lightly when the river crested below predicted levels, but it was still in effect in Maugerville, just east of the city. Jim Stith, acting director of the Emergency Measures Organization, said the river was still being monitored south of Woodstock where an ice jam caused some flooding and triggered a power failure Friday.

Provincial Environment Minister Robert Jackson said the govern ment has not determined how much assistance will be available to homeowners. Large businesses are not eligible for help, he said. Since the damage is not covered by insurance companies, which cite flooding as an act of God, not being eligible for financial help would spell trouble for Gary Campbell. His nine-month-old laundromat and car wash in Perth-Andover was heavily damaged. "We're financially broke today," said Campbell.

"I don't have a dime. I've had it, that's it." CP Rail is responsible for cleaning up the wreckage of its 290-metre bridge, which collapsed after the railway tried to weigh it down with 17 rail cars. Some of the cars contained water-soluble fertilizer chemicals believed toxic to fish. But test of water downriver from the rail cars has not shown any indication of chemical leakage, according to EMO's Stith. Canadian Press FREDERICTON The worst over as water levels dropped Friday in all but a few New Brunswick communities flooded when the ice-clogged St.

John River overflowed its banks this week. More than 1,500 people evacuated from their homes were allowed to return Friday while others from hard-hit towns such as Perth-An- dover holed up for another night in hotels or with relatives, it Officials have begun the awe- some task of assessing damage from the flood, which ripped down a railway bridge in Perth-Andover it sent freezer-size chunks of ice jy hurtling through windows. No figures were compiled but damage to a hospital alone in Perth-Andover was estimated at million. Dr. Larry Kennedy, chief of staff at the hospital, said the first floor of the 60-bed hospital was shin-deep in CANADIAN PRESS THREE'S A CROWD, as larger-than-life Ronald Mulroney during show Friday in Ottawa.

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