Steven Bauwens and his wife are trying to make the best Christmas holiday they can for their young children more than a month after they were forced to flee in the middle of the night as floodwaters rushed into their home in Merritt, B.C.
The family of four is currently living in a one-bedroom basement suite at a relative’s home in Merritt as a restoration company works to repair the damage to their home.
This is the third place the Bauwens have stayed in since the flooding. With two young boys, he says the space feels cramped compared to the two-storey house the family is used to.
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