April 23, 2014 by THE CANADIAN PRESS
BELLEVILLE, Ont. – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne toured the flood-hit areas of Belleville on Tuesday.
Wynne stopped short of providing direct funding to the city, at least for now.
She says individuals and municipalities affected by the flood can apply through the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program.
Belleville Mayor Neil Ellis and Fire Chief Mark MacDonald accompanied Wynne on the tour and introduced her to several homeowners and residents in the affected areas.
More than 1,600 people registered to volunteer to help with sandbagging to protect homes during the past 10 days and Wynne took the opportunity to thank those people.
Ellis says the damage to infrastructure will be in the millions.
Video: Premier @Kathleen_Wynne Visits Belleville Flood Region: http://t.co/RIc5WV8mxS via @YouTube
— City of Belleville (@BellevilleON) April 22, 2014
Toured @BellevilleON today. The spirit & determination of those living in & around flooded areas is an inspiration pic.twitter.com/pndfe6d7bR
— Kathleen Wynne (@Kathleen_Wynne) April 22, 2014
Premiere @Kathleen_Wynne addresses the media with @MayorNeilEllis and BFD Chief Mark MacDonald on Tues. pic.twitter.com/WcVs2ooEAa
— City of Belleville (@BellevilleON) April 22, 2014
Here’s another picture that makes me appreciate all volunteers and city workers. Thanks again to all #quinteflooding pic.twitter.com/6JmzJK6yFl
— pinny13 (@pinny13) April 21, 2014
Premier Wynne Flood Review @BellevilleON @BellevilleFire @BLVLPolice @quinteca @MayorNeilEllis pic.twitter.com/kijVK39EWI
— Mark Fluhrer (@MarkFluhrerCofB) April 22, 2014
Premier @Kathleen_Wynne to meet with Families affected by flooding in #Belleville, ON on Tuesday. #onPoli pic.twitter.com/ciIjMAy637
— Simon Ostler (@SimonOstler) April 22, 2014
Residents that have sandbags that they are done with can leave them roadside for collection starting tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/k2bR7cI7E7
— City of Belleville (@BellevilleON) April 22, 2014
We had 1,647 registered volunteers to help with the flood. Thank you to all that came to help!
— City of Belleville (@BellevilleON) April 22, 2014
RT @daynavettese: All Ontario FLOOD messages found here via @MNRcentral http://t.co/gWdsLKKBV7 #onstorm #onflood
— Ontario MNR (@MNRcentral) April 22, 2014
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