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Dave Skentelbery, left, and Bruce Barteaux look to quench their thirst during a quick break on the Birch Grove Road where their Team Rubicon cleanup crew spent Monday morning clearing fallen trees from the road and the nearby utility cables. Skentelbery, who hails from Vancouver, and Barteaux of Lucasville, N.S., are Canadian Forces veterans who volunteer with the Canadian chapter of the Team Rubicon disaster response organization.
“So, about three years ago I was down in the Bahamas with World Hope International working on a freshwater production team and bumped into some people with Team Rubicon. Then COVID happened and things got put on hold, but earlier this year I checked out Team Rubicon and realized that everything the organization does aligns with what I like and want to do, so I signed up back in February.
“Our people in Halifax were monitoring the situation before we received an expression of interest, or a call-to-action, from the Nova Scotia government,” explained Becker. As of Monday, there were two eight-person Team Rubicon crews working in the CBRM. But while few in number, their work efficiency is top-notch according to Cody Wilkins, a Nova Scotia Lands and Forest technician who is helping oversee the cleanup work in his position as a task force leader.
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