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PMO urges Mounties to focus on lives and property in Alberta flood zone
OTTAWA – The Prime Minister’s Office is wading into a dispute between residents of flood-ravaged High River and the RCMP over the seizure of firearms from homes in the evacuated Alberta town.
The Mounties said Thursday they had seized guns from homes in the flood zone, and put them in a safe place.
That angered residents of the town, who have been anxious to return to their homes to assess the flood damage.
A spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the government expects the guns to be returned quickly.
Press secretary Carl Vallee adds that the Mounties should be dealing with more important things, such as protecting lives.
And evacuation order for the town of about 13,000 residents is now into its ninth day.
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