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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.

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.

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...

“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...

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.

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.

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.

An out-of-control wildfire in the Okanagan has Highway 97 closed in both directions between Peachland and the Highway 97C junction. Highway 97C is also closed between the junction and Kane Valley Road, just east of Merritt.

A trip down memory lane, to a time when dinosaurs roamed a corner of Rosedale near Chilliwack. If you were a kid in the ’70s, ’80s or ’90s, and grew up in the Lower Mainland, you probably remember a very unique theme park off Highway One. Jordan Armstrong has more.

Repairs to fix the rockslide near Summerland on Highway 97 will now commence but they aren’t expected to be done until 2027. Sydney Morton reports.

The closure of Highway 97 between Kelowna and Penticton caused by the Drought Hill fire has local officials saying the establishment of a permanent alternate route should be a provincial priority. Global’s Sydney Morton reports.

Ron Hiller says he’s lucky to be alive after a near head-on collision with a suspected drunk driver on a highway in Bridesville, B.C., on Sunday that was caught on dashcam. Video shows the other vehicle swerving and narrowly missing Hiller before rolling and crashing into the ditch. The driver managed to walk away from...

An out-of-control wildfire near Peachland shuts down part of Highway 97. And a Kelowna church says it feels abandoned by the city as it tries to handle unhoused community members in the area.