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| + | Provincial rules blamed for emergency services disaster,nike air jordan pas cher<br><br>Count the overnight tourists alone,requin tn pas cher, and it more than $1.2 billion in the registers of hotels, restaurants and shops,basket jordan femme, adding up to 27% of British Columbia annual tourism revenue. as a whole including real estate purchases in excess of a billion dollars each year would be a task to daunt the most dedicated accountant.<br><br>Builders, realtors,nike air max pas cher, renovators,air jordan pas cher, retailers and even kids with sidewalk lemonade stands owe a good chunk of their change to people visiting the province next door. flood disaster.<br><br>pretty shocking that they treat anyone that way, said Ben Gratton.<br><br>His car crushed under the debris flow which forced 350 residents from their homes,air jordan enfant, Gratton and the other Albertans ended their houseboating holiday to find themselves stranded in a town under siege.<br><br>But instead of the expected helping hand,tn requin pas cher, the tourists were told to go away. residents would be helped, and it would be up to the Albertans to find their own shelter from the flood.<br><br>were totally abandoned we were told we were on our own,tn france, and the door was closed to us, said Gratton.<br><br>This wasn a case of some grumpy bureaucrat making a bad call, and by all accounts, the volunteers running the emergency centre were excellent.<br><br>The problem is much bigger, because it a provincial rule blocking tourists from receiving help under the Emergency Social Service program, meaning no shelter,air jordan pas cher homme, food and clothing for visitors.<br><br>The tourists were told to call their insurance companies, and for those who might have failed to take out vacation coverage, there was always the Red Cross.<br><br>had no car,jordan pas cher femme, the roads were closed. It frustrating that when you need help you told you not getting any, he said.<br><br>Gratton and the other Alberta tourists aren the only ones upset by the snub and the mayor of Sicamous is calling for changes to the rules.<br><br>really ticked off, said Mayor Darrell Trouton.<br><br>ask people to come here, and then something like this happens they have no vehicles, the roads are closed, and they stranded.<br><br>Justice Minister Shirley Bond immediately expressed regret for what happened to Gratton and the other Albertans,air max pas cher homme, putting the snub down to a misunderstanding.<br><br>is an unfortunate incident and my sympathies go out to the travellers that found themselves impacted by the flood, said Bond, via email.<br><br>regret if there was any confusion about what the Emergency Social Services program offers and to whom. confirmed that the province rules that restrict Emergency Social Service intended to provide short term assistance to those forced to leave their homes because of an emergency. said Bond, that rule wasn meant to leave any tourist out in the cold during the disaster,basket air Jordan, and other government workers were trying to provide for tourists including 122 tourists given hotels rooms. felt that they were not well served during this very difficult time, she said.相关的主题文章： | ||
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The first time I came here was for a holiday. I think it was on my third day, after the jet lag had started to ease, that I realized two weeks wasn going to be anywhere near long enough. I returned again, about a year later, and that when reality hit: my long marriage to New York was pretty much over and my romance with Provence was in full bloom. | The first time I came here was for a holiday. I think it was on my third day, after the jet lag had started to ease, that I realized two weeks wasn going to be anywhere near long enough. I returned again, about a year later, and that when reality hit: my long marriage to New York was pretty much over and my romance with Provence was in full bloom. | ||
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