Rock Slide

• Rock Slide closes Highway 3 near Keremeos

  Video sent to Global News captured flashes of light and sound of the slide as it happened. A local power outage was reported as well.

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  Nov 6, 2023
  
• Okanagan Falls, B.C. road still closed due to rockslide

  Massive boulders are still blocking Green Lake Road in Okanagan Falls. The rocks came tumbling down on Saturday night, splitting the road in two.

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  May 23, 2023
  
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• 120 years later: How the Frank Slide reshaped the land, legacy of the Crowsnest Pass

  Frank Slide isn't the only tragedy the community endured. The Crowsnest Pass, which encompasses several towns at the eastern edge of Alberta's Rockies, has a storied past.

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  Apr 27, 2023
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• Rockslide west of Keremeos, B.C. closes Highway 3 in both directions to ‘heavy traffic’

  An employee at the Fas Gas, which is near the slide, said that an RV  parked at nearby Eagle RV, was damaged when rocks came down the nearby mountain.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2023
• Police officer in serious condition after rock slide near Cypress Mountain

  West Vancouver police said a large amount of debris spilled onto Cypress Bowl Road, across the roadway and struck both a police and a civilian vehicle Friday.

  Environment

  Nov 12, 2022
• Landslides ‘happening all the time’ in B.C., says SFU geology professor

  “Some slides we probably can predict. If we have an area that we’ve identified as being problematic, that slope can be monitored.”

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2019
• Rockslide snarls northbound traffic on Hwy. 1 on Vancouver Island

  West Shore RCMP confirmed no one was injured when the rocks came down and no accidents have been reported.

  Nov 17, 2019
• Fraser River slide poses big engineering challenge for crews working to get fish moving

  Experts say crews working to create a passage for the migrating salmon are dealing with some of the most difficult engineering challenges since a similar incident over a century ago.

  Sep 7, 2019
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• Some salmon no longer need helicopters to lift them past Fraser River slide: officials

  While sockeye and chinook salmon are getting through on their own, other species such as pink salmon could still face challenges.

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  Sep 5, 2019
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• ‘Limited’ natural salmon passage established at Fraser River rockslide: officials

  However, just 6,700 salmon have transited the rockslide on their own, and officials say a "tremendous" amount of work remains.

  Aug 26, 2019