Ville de Gatineau
Update at 7 a.m.: 1,762 tornado victims registered
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Ville de Gatineau
News release
Update at 7 a.m.: 1,762 tornado victims registered

Gatineau, September 28, 2018, at 7 a.m. – Last night, 136 people were put up in local hotels, and 36 stayed at the Centre communautaire Père-Arthur-Guertin. To date, 1,762 tornado victims have registered at the victims centre.
●Gatineau thanks everyone for their tremendous generosity. Only personal hygiene products and non-perishable goods are being accepted at this point. Cooked foods cannot be accepted.

Services to victims

Forwarded mail – Temporary sites

●Tornado victims can pick up their mail at one of two temporary Canada Post sites as follows:
- 120 rue Edmonton: Monday to Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- 16 rue Bériault: Monday to Friday, from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
- To get their mail forwarded free of charge by Canada Post, tornado victims must register at the Canada Post / Mail Forwarding address. They can also do so in person at any Canada Post outlet or at the victms centre.
- Valid government-issued photo ID will be requested when picking up mail.

Registration and location of tornado victims

●Tornado victims who have not yet registered at the victims centre can do so by calling 1-800-863-6582.
●To find out whether someone has registered at the victims centre, call the 311 non-urgent call centre. For calls from outside Gatineau, use the 1-866-299-2002 toll-free number.

Donations and assistance from residents

●Residents can also drop off donations at the former Sears location on the ground floor of Galeries de Hull until 8 p.m. (320 boulevard. Saint-Joseph, Hull sector). Again, only personal hygiene and non-perishable goods will be accepted.
●Donations of materials that can be distributed directly to the victims should be addressed to the Salvation Army at 1-438-888-9715 or through retablissement@armeedusalut.ca.
●Residents wishing to help the tornado victims can make a cash donation through the Red Cross at www.gatineau.ca/croix-rouge.
●Businesses wishing to offer their services are asked to contact the Service des approvisionnements de la Ville de Gatineau at 819-243-2315.
●Gatineau thanks residents for their tremendous generosity.

Distribution of donations to the victims

●Donations will be distributed from noon to 8 p.m. until Friday at the former Sears location on the ground floor of Galeries de Hull (320 boulevard Saint-Joseph, Hull sector).
●Special STO shuttles will be available to take tornado victims to and from the distribution location. They will depart from the centre communautaire Père-Arthur-Guertin, at 16 rue Bériault.


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Jean Boileau, ARP, FSCRP
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Service des communications
Ville de Gatineau
819-595-7171
boileau.jean@gatineau.ca
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Reconnue pour sa qualité de vie, Gatineau est une ville de 292 000 habitants. Elle est située sur la rive nord de la rivière des Outaouais, et s'étend à l'est et à l'ouest de la rivière Gatineau.

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