Louisiana Senator thanks Vancouver team

Some good news from New Orleans today: Senator Walter Boasso said a Vancouver-based team reached St. Bernard parish five days before the U.S. army got there. “Fabulous, fabulous guys,” Boasso said. “They started rolling with us and got in boats to save people … We’ve got Canadian flags flying everywhere.” Good to hear, glad to …

Raed on Hurricane Katrina

You may know Raed in the Middle already. If you do, you probably have an opinion on his perspective of things. But you can’t deny that he is there, on the ground, and his opinions are likely those shared, if not by all, then by a large number of others because, in his position and …

Canadians and Others Respond to Katrina

In my last post I encouraged people to open their doors to the refugees of Hurricane Katrina. David Billington posted these links in the comments section: http://www.hurricanehousing.org/ Homes Available from Nola.net Another commenter, JaneM provided this link from Iowa of people lending a helping hand. The Iowa Channel Jane says, “This is a link from …