Virgin River films in Vancouver and elsewhere in British Columbia rather than Los Angeles, which may be approaching a new stay-at-home order.
Although productions in Vancouver haven’t been immune to shutdowns due to positive COVID tests, filming in British Columbia might be more practical than Los Angeles, and the L.A. production costs are part of what resulted in GLOW’s cancellation by Netflix.
Even the pandemic complications that resulted in the cancellation of TV shows like Netflix’s GLOW and ABC’s Stumptown might not be so severe as to prevent Virgin River from restarting production.