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Storm Recovery Assistance in Cape Breton

Natural Resources and Renewables
winter storm
Photos of conservation officers, ground search and rescue crews and members of the Department of Natural Resources and Renewables (DNRR) team assisting with storm recovery and wellness checks in Cape Breton Regional Municipality:

Department of Natural Resources and Renewables staff gather indoors for a meeting.

Ian Gunn, forest technician with Stillwater DNRR and division supervisor for the Cape Breton deployment goes over the day's plan with his team, which included Nova Scotia conservation officers and DNRR technicians based out of Cape Breton, along with search and rescue teams from across Nova Scotia. (Communications Nova Scotia)


Staff work with tools to clear snow from a driveway.

From left, Colleen Prentice and Laura Deepan from Eastern Shore Ground Search and Rescue, along with Jeff Denny, Nova Scotia conservation officer from Cape Breton, chip through the ice and snow to shovel a path for a home in Whitney Pier. (Communications Nova Scotia)


Department of Natural Resources and Renewables staff hand out snow shovels.

Greg Arthur, centre, survey technician from Waverley DNRR and supply unit leader for the Cape Breton deployment hands out shovels to Jeremy Smith, left, forest technician from Shubenacadie DNRR, and Anne-Marie Sterckx with West Hants Ground Search and Rescue. (Communications Nova Scotia)


Department of Natural Resources and Renewables staff load snowblowers into the back of pickup trucks.

Jonathan Murray, right, wildlife and Crown technician from Guysborough DNRR, and Greg Arthur, survey technician from Waverley DNRR and supply unit leader for the Cape Breton deployment, load up new snowblowers that arrived today to help assist with snow removal. (Communications Nova Scotia)


Department of Natural Resources and Renewables staff place grocery items into a snow sled.

From right, Allyson Lochead, forest technician from Shubenacadie DNRR and logistics support for the Cape Breton deployment loads up food with Bruce Murphy, forest technician with DNRR based in Cape Breton, before heading out on wellness checks and aid missions. (Communications Nova Scotia)


Department of Natural Resources and Renewables staff shovel out the entryway to a home.

Jeff Denny, Nova Scotia conservation officer from Cape Breton, along with Colleen Prentice of Eastern Shore Ground Search and Rescue, shovel a path for a home in Whitney Pier. (Communications Nova Scotia)


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