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Okanagan residents, businesses contend with burst pipes amid deep freeze.
Okanagan residents, businesses contend with burst pipes amid deep freeze.
In addition, some local schools also reported minor flooding but the biggest impact by far is to Anne McClymont Elementary school where an underground watermain burst Friday.
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