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CBC Radio | Posted: November 21, 2021 9:00 AM | Last Updated: November 21, 2021

Canada has few redundancies when logistical hubs, such as Vancouver, are blocked

Image | Coquihalla Hwy mudslide damage

Caption: A mudslide took out a large portion of the Coquihalla Highway, 11 kilometres south of the Great Bear Snowshed. (B.C. Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure)

Audio | Cost of Living : From roads to rails and the economic consequences of blocked transportation

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Not a lot of stuff is getting out of B.C. right now.
Mudslides and flooding have washed out major highways and rail lines — which means goods like grain, coal and auto parts are stuck.
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Anis Heydari looks at the economic fallout of this natural disaster and how our supply chain headaches just got much, much worse.
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