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Posted: May 13, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 13 Annette Mason, centre, helps evacuees from Jean Marie River at the front desk of the Snowshoe Inn in Fort Providence, N.W.T.(Travis Burke/CBC) Annette Mason and the staff at Fort Providence s Snowshoe Inn in Northwest Territories started preparing for possible flood evacuees on May 7, when reports of flooding started coming from nearby Jean Marie River. By Saturday night, it was all hands on deck for Mason, two volunteer staff and the handful of housekeepers at the inn, as evacuees started rolling in at all hours of the night. We just had to welcome them with open arms, Mason, the hotel s manager, told CBC. ....
This is just scary : N.W.T. flood evacuees watch and wait for river to drop Hundreds of people have fled their homes in Jean Marie River and Fort Simpson, N.W.T., as flood waters rose in recent days. Now, they re waiting to see when the water will go down so they can return. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 11, 2021 9:30 AM CT | Last Updated: May 11 I ve never been in a flood before, says 12-year-old Shaylyn Hope, who s now living in a hotel in Fort Providence, N.W.T., with her sister Kierstyn, 9, and the rest of their family. Flooding forced them to flee their home community of Jean Marie River.(Loren McGinnis/CBC) ....