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NEWS GAZETTE
COMMUNITY: Kindness rules, at least for one day /A3 SPORTS: Grizzlies craft a modest win streak /A20 OUT AND ABOUT: Community events a rite of fall /A22
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
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Weekend weather prompts reminders Displaced seniors taken in at new Colwood hotel after water main break Katherine Engqvist Don Descoteau News Gazette staff
First responders and other crews were busy on the West Shore over the weekend dealing with the effects of the torrential downpours and pelting winds. But while crews were dealing with flooding and other weather relatedincidents, they were also called to at least one incident not caused by Mother Nature. A flood at the West Shore Lodge, which provides supported housing for seniors off Island Highway near Colwood Corners, caused a full evacuation of the site, displacing 62 residents Sunday night. The flooding, which saw water levels roughly one to one-and-a-half feet deep, was not caused by the weekend’s heavy rainfall. Colwood Fire Rescue Chief Kerry Smith said the cause was a break in the building’s water main. Colwood fire crews were on scene for roughly four hours to aid in the evacuation.
Demo days Two significant and iconic West Shore structures were subject to demolition in recent days. (Above photo) Excavators work away to bring down the former Belmont secondary on Monday. Sobey’s is clearing the old school site for a new Thrifty Foods store and development. Similar treatment was happening last Thursday at the former View Royal fire hall (photo right). The property is in the process of being sold to a private developer. The school and hall were 1950s-era buildings that were added onto and patched together as the usage grew over the years. See View Royal fire hall story, page A3.
PleASe See: Residents, Page A10
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