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British Columbia The fire has impacted businesses in the Northwood Plaza, which is home to a liquor store, motel and Nelly’s Pub, a popular performing venue for local musicians. Flames largely contained by 7:30 a.m., but firefighting crews remain on scene Andrew Kurjata · CBC News · Posted: Apr 29, …
Read More »Potholes the size of a small bathtub on B.C.’s Coquihalla Highway concern drivers
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Kamloops, B.C., woman says she’s worried someone could die as a result of hitting one …
Read More »Routine oil change turns into highway hazard after Canadian Tire uses plastic zip ties for repair, says driver
Travis Jones says what should have been a routine oil change at Canadian Tire turned into a terrifying highway emergency after staff used plastic zip ties to secure a critical part of his car — marking the start of a two-year fight for answers. He says as soon as he left …
Read More »Major B.C. routes including Coquihalla Highway closed due to wildfires
Wildfires shut down two critical B.C highways on Wednesday. The Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) between Hope and Merritt, connecting the Lower Mainland with the Interior, was closed late Wednesday afternoon due to the nearby Mine Creek wildfire. Highway 20, east of Bella Coola in the Central Coast region and west of Anahim Lake in the Cariboo …
Read More »Tour bus rollover on New York state highway leaves 5 dead, dozens injured
A tour bus returning to New York City from Niagara Falls, N.Y., with 54 people on board crashed and rolled on its side Friday on an interstate highway, killing five passengers and injuring many others, authorities said. State police Maj. Andre Ray said at an evening news conference that the driver apparently …
Read More »Cost of Ford’s Highway 401 tunnel dream would be ‘astronomical,’ experts say
Doug Ford’s tunnelled highway plan will likely cost tens of billions of dollars and be hugely complicated, experts and advocates say. On Wednesday morning, Ford unveiled his plan to commission a thus-far-uncosted feasibility study to work out how to tunnel a new expressway beneath the gridlocked lanes of Highway 401, …
Read More »Work begins to widen another portion of Highway 401 in Ontario
Ontario is moving forward with plans to further widen parts of Highway 401, with new plans announced to accommodate expansions east of Toronto. On Friday, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria announced construction work to replace the Oshawa Wilson Road overpass in Durham Region, something that will eventually pave the way to …
Read More »Jasper re-entry ‘going well,’ Highway 16 now open 24/7
Officials involved with the Jasper re-entry say the process has been going well since the townsite welcomed its first residents back on Friday morning. “Things are going well on the re-entry front. We have lots of our residents back in the community,” said Christine Nadon, incident commander with the Municipality …
Read More »1 dead, 1 injured in 4-vehicle crash at Dugald Road and Perimeter Highway – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size One person is dead and at least one other was seriously injured due to a four-vehicle crash at Dugald Road and the Perimeter Highway early Tuesday. RM of Springfield fire chief Brian Seaton said his crews were called to the scene just …
Read More »B.C. wildfire: Road closure, evacuation order as 2 fires flank Highway 6 in Slocan Valley
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Separated by a highway that runs between them, two wildfires are burning close to each other in B.C.’s West Kootenay region. The Aylwin Creek and Komonko Creek wildfires are separated by less than two km as they both burn on the east …
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