I also had trouble this summer to find propane. Revelstoke is a fair size town and the only place that had propane wanted $20.00 minimum for a refill. In Vernon I got propane in third place I checked and I was only looking at stations with large propane tanks outside. In Sicamous there was nobody dispensing propane. Either the equipment was broken or there was nobody licensed or available to dispense it. And propane in British Columbia is more expensive than in Washington state just like gasoline. I don't think it has anything to do with what fridges are in RVs these days.