Anyone looking at a map of the 2017 provincial election results has to notice the "beyond Hope" issue. The interior of Britsh Columbia is largely represented by the Liberal party, whereas the urban areas of the lower mainland and island are represented by the NDP.
At the same time, Metro Vancouver is calling foul when it comes to school and property taxes. Just a heads-up.
The main RDOS site has a page for its Emergency Operations Centre:
http://www.rdos.bc.ca/news-events/eoc/current-eoc/
You can check this for the most recent updates about flooding in the the RDOS. It also has contact information for getting sandbags.
The RDOS emergency management page has some advice on dealing with flooding (about half-way down the page):
Here we go again: Anyone who doubts the instability of West Bench soils should take a look at the new dip on West Bench Hill Road. This dip is in a slightly different place than the previous large dip. A few things to know about this problem:
