Wesley Emmelot and his wife, Maureen Parsley, lost almost everything when the Tulameen River overflowed its banks in the town of Princeton, B.C. in mid-November 2021. “There was a foot of water in the house, and the basement was filled with water...
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Mario Loutef has been working on his flooded home in Princeton, B.C. since the water receded over three months ago. “It’s exhausting,” said the 59-year-old semi-retired carpenter. “There was over a metre of water in the house. We lost...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada is calling for volunteers to help with clean out and rebuilding of homes in Princeton, B.C. following the catastrophic flood that hit that town in mid-November. MDS Canada began muck out work on December 6th...
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C. and Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada have entered into a partnership agreement to respond to the floods that hit B.C. last November. “When the full scope of the flooding became known, it was apparent we...
2020-21 was a hard year for MDS Canada. Once again, the pandemic was the big story. It curtailed most of our responses in this country and prevented Canadians from going to the U.S. to volunteer. But it didn’t stop us from doing what we could to...
That was the buzz around the town of Princeton, B.C. in early December when the first 16 Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers arrived to help residents hard-hit by flooding in mid-November. People in the town are “so exhausted,” said...
Just about a year ago, James Toews was lying flat on his back with a broken neck. The former pastor of the Neighbourhood Community Church in Nanaimo, B.C., a Mennonite Brethren congregation, was working on the roof of his garage when a support gave...
ABOVE: Walter Wiebe (r) walks with Princeton Baptist Church Kyle Nichols (l) along a muddy formerly flooded street in Princeton, B.C. Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Canada is calling for volunteers to help with cleaning out homes in Princeton, B...
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) B.C. is monitoring the situation in that province, where torrential rains have caused flooding and mudslides that have affected many communities and residents of that province. “There are three 7.6 centimetre/three-...
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