There is a lot of chatter going around High River, a lot of progress has been made since the devastation of June 20, and now our children are back in school and life feels a bit more normal.

Everyone in High River, Alta. has a different version of June 20.

Everyone in High River, Alta., was faced with loss as the water receded in June, but homeowners with rental properties and their tenants have had some special problems.

Eighty per cent of the Museum of the Highwood's collection was destroyed after floodwaters ravaged the southern Alberta town of High River, but new artifacts were also unearthed.

It has been nearly two months since the floods hit my home in the southern Albertan town of High River. As a homeowner, I know my house and my life will never fully be the way it was before June 20, but I am ready to rebuild. A large obstacle in starting over has been mitigation.