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Fatal collision closes Highway 1 eastbound in LangleyAround 4:20 a.m. on Thursday, Langley RCMP were notified of a collision between a car and a motorcycle in the eastbound lanes of Highway 1 at 240 Street.Traffic5 hours
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Vancouver launches Lime shared e-scooter programThe company has rolled out 100 electric scooters and 27 parking stations. Vancouver is the first North American city to test out the parking stations.TrafficSep 12
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Mediation to begin to end Metro Vancouver accessible transit strikeAbout 600 employees of the door-to-door service for people unable to navigate the conventional transit system have been on strike since Tuesday.ConsumerSep 8
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Travel routes already busy as B.C. heads into Labour Day weekendTravellers at the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal were greeted with multiple sailing waits Friday, as B.C. entered the Labour Day long weekend.TrafficAug 30
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Fatal Sicamous bridge crash was a single-vehicle collision: RCMPAround 6:45 a.m., RCMP said the victim's truck struck the west end of the RW Bruhn Bridge as it descended the hill eastbound onto the bridge.TrafficAug 27
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Driver believed to be deceased after truck crashes off bridge near Sicamous: RCMPSgt. Murray McNeil with Sicamous RCMP told Global News that an eastbound semi-truck struck the barrier of the RW Bruhn Bridge on Saturday morning.TrafficAug 24
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Jasper wildfire: Icefields Parkway reopened as wildfire continues to be heldHighway 93, also known as the Icefields Parkway, is now open to through traffic.CanadaAug 23
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Collapsed crane removal begins in Vancouver, work to be ‘wrapped by Labour Day’A fire destroyed a six-storey Dunbar building, spread to several neighbouring homes, displaced dozens of people and has left 41st Avenue closed to traffic ever since.TrafficAug 21
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Broke and broken: Canada’s public transit in critical funding state, report saysThe analysis looked at the budgets, revenue sources and long-term plans for transit in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.ConsumerAug 16
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Highway 1 expansion project to include Sumas Prairie in AbbotsfordIn addition to the highway, overpasses at Peardonville Road, Bradner Road and the CPKC rail overhead will be rebuilt to improve the height clearance for commercial vehicles.TrafficAug 14
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Single vehicle crash on Trans-Canada Highway near Savona kills woman from Port CoquitlamOne woman is dead and another sustained life-threatening injuries after an Aug. 11 crash on the Trans Canada Highway east of Savona, B.C.TrafficAug 13
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In 45 mins, North Van resident captures 40 drivers failing to stop at intersectionIan Batchelor set up a camera at the popular intersection of Lynn Valley and Dempsey roads in North Vancouver and posted the video online to call attention to stop signs.TrafficAug 12
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Slow restart for businesses affected by Vancouver fire, crane collapseTwo homes were destroyed and dozens of people were displaced when flames broke out in a building under construction at 41st Avenue and Collingwood Street in Vancouver last Tuesday.TrafficAug 12
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Video captures driver’s close call on Highway 4 on Vancouver IslandVideo shared with Global News shows a close call caught on camera along Highway 4 last Friday night. The witness said an SUV pulled out into the oncoming lane.TrafficAug 12
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Calls for safety improvements at Highway 97 intersection in PentictonAn intersection in Penticton, B.C., has become notorious for bad accidents, with the most recent one occurring two weeks ago.TrafficAug 10
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19 impaired charges handed out during B.C. music festivalThe Shambhala Music Festival in the Kootenays July 26-29 featured scores of electronic musicians and attracted thousands of fans to the Salmo area. It kept police plenty busy too.TrafficAug 9
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Highway 16 traffic flowing once again through fire-ravaged Jasper National ParkParks Canada said Highway 16 is open daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., but that could change depending on fire behaviour and operational needs.TrafficAug 9
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Crash on Highway 1 kills U.S. driver near Field, B.C.RCMP said the two-vehicle crash involved a pick-up truck carrying two people from the United States and a minivan with three people from Alberta.TrafficAug 9
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Jasper wildfire: Parts of Highway 16 and Highway 93 reopen to trafficOn Friday, Highway 16 through Jasper will reopen to all traffic during daylight hours while Highway 93 will reopen from Saskatchewan Crossing to the Columbia Icefield.CanadaAug 8
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2-vehicle collision closes Trans-Canada Highway near Field, B.C. for hoursRCMP in Field-Golden, B.C., say a two-vehicle crash near the Alberta border has closed a section of Highway 1. Several people are being treated for serious injuries.TrafficAug 7
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Mother and son killed in six-vehicle crash in Chilliwack: B.C. Highway PatrolB.C. Highway Patrol says a fatal pile-up in Chilliwack that took the lives of a woman and child may have occurred when one or more vehicles stopped suddenly for a road obstruction.TrafficAug 7
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Multi-vehicle fatal collision on Highway 1 in Chilliwack closes eastbound lanesThe crash has closed the highway eastbound at the Chilliwack River Bridge between Dyke Crest Road and Exit 109: Yale Road (Chilliwack). It is not yet known when it will open.TrafficAug 6
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ICBC, police urge road safety for B.C. long weekendICBC says most months see an average of 55 people injured or killed. For July and August, though, that average rises to 87 people injured or killed.TrafficAug 2
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Witnesses sought in crash that killed pedestrian near Hope, B.C.BC Highway Patrol is looking for witnesses who may have driven past the scene of a fatal crash involving a pedestrian on Monday between midnight and 1 a.m.TrafficJul 31
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B.C. motorist’s dashcam captures brewery van running red lightAs traffic started moving forward and the cross-traffic stopped, a van from the House of Funk Brewing Co. could be seen driving into the intersection in front of the traffic.TrafficJul 29