Brantford worker recounts power of nature and communities during ice storm cleanup

Jordy Bartels saw the awesome power of nature and experienced the vitality of communities during a post-ice storm visit to Barrie earlier this year. An arborist in Brantford’s parks department, Bartels and co-worker, Adam Baldwin, answered Barrie’s call for help following the March 30 ice storm that devastated the city. “Looking back at these pictures brings up many memories,” Bartels said. “We did a lot of brush chipping that week, just streets and streets filled w