After many low-lying homes were swamped with floodwaters in 2018, the City of Grand Forks said it wanted to buy dozens of properties in the North and South Ruckle neighbourhoods and convert the area into a green space.

In June 2018, Di Ciacca says he noticed a sinkhole form above a culvert that ran underneath the CP line that runs next to Highway 2A, south of Leduc.