The show was part of a funding contest held by Telus. They received their winning phone call while they were evacuating Fort McMurray due to a massive wildfire. The wild fire kept the community away for just over 6 weeks and the production had to be moved to Edmonton, Canada.
At the pre-production launch, Telus Storyhive presented the two teams from Fort McMurray with gift buckets (due to their evacuation). You can see the bucket in the pilot in two scenes. First in the basement "apartment" and second in the East Coast Club bar.