Saving Minnedosa

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Rising flood waters have been threatening the town of Minnedosa over the past week, and community members have been working into the late hours filling sandbags as they attempt to save the community. Still others have been forced to get ready to evacuate, packing up what they can before the flooding waters of the Little Saskatchewan overrun their homes or businesses.

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Rising flood waters have been threatening the town of Minnedosa over the past week, and community members have been working into the late hours filling sandbags as they attempt to save the community. Still others have been forced to get ready to evacuate, packing up what they can before the flooding waters of the Little Saskatchewan overrun their homes or businesses.

On Wednesday, crews were busy trying to bolster the flood defenses to save the Minnedosa Collegiate high school. 

Brandon Sun photographer Tim Smith spent the day in Minnedosa on Wednesday documenting the community’s fight. Here is a sample of what he saw. 

Morgan May of Brandon slings sandbags with other volunteers from throughout Westman to create a dike to protect homes in Minnedosa on Wednesday from the rising Little Saskatchewan River. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Morgan May of Brandon slings sandbags with other volunteers from throughout Westman to create a dike to protect homes in Minnedosa on Wednesday from the rising Little Saskatchewan River. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

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Volunteers sling sandbags to create a dike to protect homes in Minnedosa on Wednesday as the Little Saskatchewan River continued to rise. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Volunteers sling sandbags to create a dike to protect homes in Minnedosa on Wednesday as the Little Saskatchewan River continued to rise. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Nine-year-old Adriana Jacobson helps load sandbags into a truck in Minnedosa on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Nine-year-old Adriana Jacobson helps load sandbags into a truck in Minnedosa on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Volunteers sling sandbags to create a dike to protect homes in Minnedosa on Wednesday as the Little Saskatchewan River continued to rise. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Volunteers sling sandbags to create a dike to protect homes in Minnedosa on Wednesday as the Little Saskatchewan River continued to rise. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Sandbags protect the Minnedosa Pharmacy on Main Street in Minnedosa on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Sandbags protect the Minnedosa Pharmacy on Main Street in Minnedosa on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Noah Hofer and Tony Wollmann from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony help construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River amid scattered showers on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Noah Hofer and Tony Wollmann from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony help construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River amid scattered showers on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Volunteers get a quick break while slinging sandbags to create a dike to protect homes in Minnedosa on Wednesday from the rising Little Saskatchewan River. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Volunteers get a quick break while slinging sandbags to create a dike to protect homes in Minnedosa on Wednesday from the rising Little Saskatchewan River. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Noah Hofer and Tony Wollmann from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony help construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River amid scattered showers on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Noah Hofer and Tony Wollmann from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony help construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River amid scattered showers on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Noah Hofer and Tony Wollmann from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony help construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River amid scattered showers on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Noah Hofer and Tony Wollmann from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony help construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River amid scattered showers on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
An excavator carries super sandbags through the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River to create a dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
An excavator carries super sandbags through the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River to create a dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Noah Hofer from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony helps construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River amid scattered showers on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Noah Hofer from Spring Hill Hutterite Colony helps construct a super sandbag dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate from the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River amid scattered showers on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
An excavator carries super sandbags through the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River to create a dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
An excavator carries super sandbags through the rising floodwaters of the Little Saskatchewan River to create a dike to protect Minnedosa Collegiate on Wednesday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)

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