Fiona Fallout: Losses Being Tallied as Hundreds of Soldiers Arrive for Cleanup Duty

Fiona Fallout: Losses Being Tallied as Hundreds of Soldiers Arrive for Cleanup Duty
Homeowner George MacDonald describes the moment when several trees landed on his home in Glace Bay, N.S., on Sept. 25, 2022. The Canadian Press/Vaughan Merchant
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Phyllis Carr’s voice broke with emotion as she surveyed damage to the historic town of Stanley Bridge, a small community on the north shore of Prince Edward Island.

“It’s very sad for those of us who lived here all of our lives and our parents lived here,” she said, taking in a scene that has become all too familiar in towns and villages across Atlantic Canada battered and drenched by post-tropical storm Fiona.