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Travel advisory lifted for Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise

FILE: A snow-covered highway in southern Alberta. Global News

CALGARY – Road conditions remain slick on the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise, but have improved.

Early on Wednesday morning, Alberta 511 cautioned that travel on Highway 1 wasn’t recommended near Lake Louise due to heavy snowfall and roads that were covered in snow and ice.

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However, by 10 a.m. MST the website had updated to say roads were only partly covered, and their travel advisory had been lifted.

Meanwhile, the Drive BC website says Highway 1 has slippery sections in both directions near the Alberta/B.C. border.

Drive BC also says avalanche control will be taking place from the west boundary of Glacier National Park to the east boundary of Glacier National Park between 5 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, 2014.

Delays of up to two hours are expected.

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