Resident decries landslide response in B.C.’s Nahatlatch Valley [Video]

The owner of a rafting resort on the Nahatlatch River near Boston Bar, B.C., is frustrated with the government response to a landslide that blocked and flooded some roads in the area over the weekend.

The slide was reported Saturday and the province and regional district both confirmed that some forest service roads were blocked as a result.

The slide was reported around Hannah Lake in Nahatlatch Provincial Park, according to a spokesperson for the Emergency Management Ministry, who said first responders and search and rescue groups helped 40 people leave the area after the landslide.

A local resort operator who witnessed the slide and its aftermath says the province should have done more in its response to the slide, requiring locals to step in and fix the problems that arose …