trans-canada highway

The Kicking Horse Canyon project was started a few years ago to expand and separate the Trans-Canada Highway east of Golden. (Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure)

Both directions open of Trans-Canada Highway near Golden

The Kicking Horse Canyon project widened Highway 1 east of Golden

 

(Contributed/MLA Doug Clovechok)

Kicking Horse Canyon project on Trans-Canada Highway completed

No more highway closures, but the road still needs to be paved

 

(Image/ Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4)

Extended closure coming to B.C.’s Highway 1, east of Golden

The stretch of Trans Canada highway will be closed for a total of 17 days, adding delay of 1.5 hours

 

A motorcycle rider ended up under a pickup truck as a result of a crash near 264th Street on Highway 1 on Wednesday, July 11, witnesses said. (Curtis Kreklau/South Fraser News Services)

Aldergrove crash sends motorcyclist to hospital, closes highway

Highway 1 was closed Wednesday after a crash near 264th Street

A motorcycle rider ended up under a pickup truck as a result of a crash near 264th Street on Highway 1 on Wednesday, July 11, witnesses said. (Curtis Kreklau/South Fraser News Services)
Rob Nash was killed at the scene of a multiple-vehicle collision along the Coquihalla Highway on May 19, 2019. Police report Nash, 48, was struck by a vehicle while offering assistance to the driver and passenger of one of the first two vehicles involved in the collision. (File photo)

Survivor benefits denied for family of Salmon Arm man killed in 2019 collision

Tribunal decides stopping to assist at accident scene outside scope of employment

Rob Nash was killed at the scene of a multiple-vehicle collision along the Coquihalla Highway on May 19, 2019. Police report Nash, 48, was struck by a vehicle while offering assistance to the driver and passenger of one of the first two vehicles involved in the collision. (File photo)
(DriveBC)

Off-duty cops rescue 3 after fatal multi-vehicle crash near Revelstoke

The incident occurred near Griffin Lake around 1 p.m.

  • Jul 12, 2023
(DriveBC)
One person has died in a crash that occurred Tuesday afternoon (April 25) between Hunter Creek Road (Exit 160) and Flood-Hope Road (Exit 165). (Shane MacKichan)

1 dead in semi-truck crash on Highway 1 near Hope

Hope RCMP, BC Highway Patrol, and Hope firefighters all on scene

One person has died in a crash that occurred Tuesday afternoon (April 25) between Hunter Creek Road (Exit 160) and Flood-Hope Road (Exit 165). (Shane MacKichan)
A huge concrete pour for the Bighorn Bridge east transition pier, at Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4. (MOTI photo)

Highway 1 between B.C. and Alberta to close for five days

The highway closure east of Golden at Kicking Horse Canyon will take place from April 11 - 15

A huge concrete pour for the Bighorn Bridge east transition pier, at Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4. (MOTI photo)
Highway 1, 20 km west of Revelstoke, looking west. (DriveBC)

High avalanche risk closes Highway 1 between Revelstoke and Sicamous

An assessment is in progress

Highway 1, 20 km west of Revelstoke, looking west. (DriveBC)
Salmon Arm’s Jim McConnell and Juanita Austin spent 58 days over the summer travelling across the country to PEI and back in their electric vehicle. (Contributed)

Salmon Arm couple put their electric vehicle to the test in cross-Canada road trip

A Salmon Arm couple’s cross-Canada journey by electric vehicle had their EV…

Salmon Arm’s Jim McConnell and Juanita Austin spent 58 days over the summer travelling across the country to PEI and back in their electric vehicle. (Contributed)
Salmon Arm’s Jim McConnell and Juanita Austin spent 58 days over the summer travelling across the country to PEI and back in their electric vehicle. (Photo contributed)

Salmon Arm couple put their electric vehicle to the test in cross-Canada road trip

Juanita Austin and Jim McConnell suggest charging station network along Highway 1 could be better

Salmon Arm’s Jim McConnell and Juanita Austin spent 58 days over the summer travelling across the country to PEI and back in their electric vehicle. (Photo contributed)
Phase 4 of the Kicking Horse Canyon Trans-Canada Highway project is expected to complete in early 2024 (MOTI)

Trans-Canada Highway near Golden reopening to the public

The highway near Golden will reopen Nov. 25 at 6 a.m.

Phase 4 of the Kicking Horse Canyon Trans-Canada Highway project is expected to complete in early 2024 (MOTI)
Closures of up to 1.5 hours on Highway 1 in Rogers Pass. (DriveBC)

Update: Highway 1 closure at Rogers Pass east of Revelstoke is reopened

Individual closures of up to 1.5 hours between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Closures of up to 1.5 hours on Highway 1 in Rogers Pass. (DriveBC)
A female pedestrian died after being struck by more than one vehicle on Highway 1 in Chilliwack on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (Shane MacKichan)

UPDATE: 31-year-old woman dead after being hit by more than 1 vehicle on Highway 1 in Chilliwack

Incident involving pedestrian happened near Prest Road; highway closed eastbound for several hours

A female pedestrian died after being struck by more than one vehicle on Highway 1 in Chilliwack on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (Shane MacKichan)
Construction continues as the fourth round of closures are set to commence this month. (Claire Palmer photo)

Trans-Canada multi-day closures return east of Golden today

Starting at noon, traffic will be re-routed south through Radium

Construction continues as the fourth round of closures are set to commence this month. (Claire Palmer photo)
File photo.

2 dead in vehicle incident east of Golden

It’s the 4th fatality in as many months on the highway east of Golden

File photo.
The long-gone Sumallo Lodge on Highway 3 east of Hope, which played a role in the Hope Slide tragedy in January 1965, as seen in a photolog from July 21, 1966. (Photo credit: Ministry of Transportation)

Vintage video logs of B.C.’s highways a vivid trip back in time

‘Photologs’ were created in 1966, and are a window on a long-vanished world

The long-gone Sumallo Lodge on Highway 3 east of Hope, which played a role in the Hope Slide tragedy in January 1965, as seen in a photolog from July 21, 1966. (Photo credit: Ministry of Transportation)
The latest overpass to be broadsided by a vehicle in Langley is the rail overpass between Glover Road and 232nd Street, eastbound on Highway One. The overpass was hit at around 2 p.m. on Monday, July 18. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Eight and counting: another overpass hit by a truck

Provincial ministry plans to release a list of B.C. carriers who ‘have been cancelled for cause’

The latest overpass to be broadsided by a vehicle in Langley is the rail overpass between Glover Road and 232nd Street, eastbound on Highway One. The overpass was hit at around 2 p.m. on Monday, July 18. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
The boulder blocking the highway. (Kootenay National Park photo)

Massive boulder causes traffic trouble on Highway 93 near Radium

DriveBC really undersold it by describing it as ‘rocks on road’

The boulder blocking the highway. (Kootenay National Park photo)
Highway 3 closed at Hope, vehicles being turned around due to flooding in November. Upgrades to cell service are intended to make travel along the highway safer. (Facebook)

Cell coverage upgrades coming to Highway 3 from Hope to Keremeos

The upgrades are expected to be complete by fall 2024

Highway 3 closed at Hope, vehicles being turned around due to flooding in November. Upgrades to cell service are intended to make travel along the highway safer. (Facebook)