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Highway 97 in the central Okanagan remains closed due to the Bald Range wildfire. Drivers attempting to head south from the Kelowna area are being instructed to take a detour. Kevin Pontious has the details.

Forest Service Roads have been set up to help people get around the Highway 97 closure between Summerland and Peachland, but officials warn they might not be safe for everyone to travel. We also speak to dozens of seniors from Summerland who were taken to the Kaigo Living Centre in Kelowna.

Widening Highway 97 could be in the works. A proposal to add a lane in each direction was approved by Kelowna City Council on Monday night, but as Klaudia Van Emmerik reports, it could take another 20 years to come to fruition.

The City of Kelowna and the Ministry of Transportation and Transit are working together on a long-range plan to widen Highway 97 through the city. And Community Land Trust has been collecting data in streams to measure their health due to the ongoing drought in the region.

Four young people are dead after a collision near Winnipeg Beach, Man. Monday night. Shortly after 9 p.m., police responded to a two-vehicle-crash at the intersection of Highway 229 and Highway 8. All four occupants of one vehicle — three 18-year-olds from Manitoba and one 17-year-old from Ontario — died at the scene.

A devastating bus crash in northern Hungary has killed at least 12 people and injured several others. Officials say the bus carrying Polish tourists veered off the highway and crashed into a ditch early Sunday morning. The driver has been taken into custody, and police say he might have fallen asleep, causing the accident. Officials...

The trial begins for a man facing 17 charges related to the 2023 deaths of two EPS officers, a Pizza Hut driver and the teenage shooter in both cases. A former peace officer pleads guilty to impersonating a police officer. Alberta says it’s monitoring other youth social media bans but won’t follow suit yet. Frustrations...

One person was taken to hospital after a vehicle incident on Highway One in Langley. The campaign manager for BC Conservative leadership candidate Peter Milobar has stepped down. Thousands attend the 47th annual Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade.

A massive cleanup of the Icefields Parkway is underway after Parks Canada dropped an explosive device during avalanche control work on Highway 93, north of Lake Louise. It triggered a massive slide that covered the highway in snow and debris.

The push to save a western section of the Kettle Valley Rail Trail is ramping up. The 67-kilometre stretch between Princeton and the Coquihalla Highway is slated to be de-commissioned this spring but as Travis Lowe reports, advocates aren’t going down without a fight.

The hockey community is mourning the deaths of three junior hockey players in southern Alberta. Cameron Casorso and JJ Wright, both 18 and from Kamloops, B.C., as well as 17-year-old Caden Fine of Birmingham, Ala., were killed in a highway crash south of Calgary. Heather Yourex-West reports on the tributes pouring in across Canada.

A 27-year-old in a broken-down car on an Edmonton highway is hit and killed just minutes before help arrives. Alberta judges issue a statement about judicial independence after Premier Smith said she wants to ‘direct’ them. Edmonton city councillors are looking to be more prepared for extreme winter weather. Wîhkwêntôwin residents are asked for feedback...

A Kelowna man says the Coquihalla Highway is littered with potholes that not only damaged his tires twice, but in one occasion, left him in a dead zone that required a tow and overnight stay in Hope. The City of Kelowna has decided to charge a $5 ticket fee to business owners who want to...

Traffic on Highway 97 is down to one lane after another rockslide hit the area. It happened near Bridgeman Road just north of Summerland. Victoria Femia has the details.

“Winter-peg” in living up to its nickname. It was a rare snow day for students in Manitoba as an Alberta Clipper brought blizzard conditions across the prairies and into Ontario. As much as 50 cm fell in some areas with wind gusts up to 90 km/h closing highways and shutting schools. Heather Yourex-West reports on...

Crews are beginning work on Highway 97 at the site of the North Beach rockslide. Drivers are being warned of changes to traffic patterns north of Summerland that will be in place until Spring 2027. Victoria Femia has more.

A Montreal mother who was found not criminally responsible for abandoning her daughter in a field on the side of an Ontario highway in June has been ordered by a judge to remain in a psychiatric hospital for at least 90 more days. Dan Spector reports on what’s being shared about the woman’s mental state...

A gas tanker truck overturned and exploded on a highway through southeast Mexico City, killing at least four people and injuring at least 90, local authorities said.

Residents of more than fifty homes in Peachland are on evacuation alert due to a new wildfire. The blaze broke out last night in the southern part of the community, right beside Highway 97.

Provincial and federal conservatives are urging Ottawa for funds to upgrade Forest Service Road, as an alternate route to Highway 97 is vital when the highway shuts down. Victoria Femia reports.