The great flood of 2017: aftermath finds many in limbo

Sandy Zhang couldn’t believe her bad luck. The Ottawa River in early May had swept over the front lawn of her Constance Bay home and into the basement and living room.  
When the water reached knee level, Zhang and her husband, Honggao Ji, took refuge in the apartment above the nearby Lighthouse Grocery Store and Restaurant, the business they had acquired only three years earlier.
Just one problem. The Lighthouse was also on the flood plain. Two days after Zhang and Ji relocated, the