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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.

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.

“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...

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

A vehicle fire on Highway 97 near Peachland has turned into a wildfire emergency. As Klaudia van Emmerik reports, the flames quickly spread up Drought Hill and crews are working to put them out.

An out-of-control wildfire near Peachland shuts down part of Highway 97 and prompts evacuations. Overdose prevention sites remain a hot button issue as federal funding for safer supply dries up. And meet B.C.’s new anti-human trafficking team.

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.

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...

WIldfire crews are battling a number of wildfires in the Interior. And people in Summerland are still waiting for a long-term fix to a landslide that took out a section of Highway 97.

It’s been nearly two years since a rock slide hit Highway 97 near Summerland and although short-term work has been done to fix it, residents are still waiting for a long-term solution. As Sydney Morton reports, many are questioning when the work will be completed.

An e-bike rider was taken to hospital following a collision near Omemee early this morning. City of Kawartha Lakes OPP say the e-bike and SUV collided on a section of Emily Park Road around 5:20 a.m. Paramedics first treated the rider at the scene before transporting them to hospital. OPP say the rider suffered non-life...

A transport company is speaking out after a house ended up on the road along Highway 97. The home was being transported on the back of a truck and the driver says a road rage incident was unfolding in front of him. The incident captured on dashcam video. Sydney Morton has more. Editors Note: A...

Two drivers and a road rage incident caused a transport truck to lose the modular house it was carrying along Highway 97 near Kelowna, B.C. on Wednesday, the Alberta-based trucking company says. DBI Transport says after a piece of drywall flew off a pickup truck on the highway and smashed a car’s window, the resulting...