Crowsnest Highway

• ‘Uncertainty is a killer’: Alberta businesses worried over potential Hwy 3 changes

  Construction is set to start this spring, but business owners from small Albertan hamlets are hoping to speak with the province before then.

  Traffic

  Jan 30, 2023
  
• Craft breweries along Alberta’s Highway 3 team up for special beer

  A partnership and tourism initiative called the "Highway 3 Ale Trail" is looking to attract locals and visitors alike to local craft breweries in southern Alberta.

  Consumer

  Aug 19, 2022
  
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• 3 people dead following head-on collision near B.C.-Alberta border

  Police in Sparwood, B.C., say a westbound SUV, which was trying to pass other vehicles, collided head-on with an eastbound tractor-trailer on Highway 3 and burst into flames.

  Traffic

  Jun 7, 2022
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• Highway 3 closed for hours eastbound near Princeton due to ‘spun-out commercial vehicles’

  Highway 3 has been limited to essential and commercial vehicle traffic. DriveBC said there was no time for the route to reopen, and no detour available.

  Traffic

  Dec 12, 2021
• Hazardous driving conditions forecast for Highway 3, from Paulson Summit to Kootenay Pass

  Environment Canada says snowfall totals could reach 35 cm along some sections of Highway 3 by Friday afternoon.

  Weather

  Nov 25, 2021
• Pedestrian using marked crosswalk in Osoyoos struck by vehicle, airlifted to hospital

  Police say the accident happened Sunday morning, around 9:45 a.m., at a marked crosswalk along the 7500 block of Highway 3 in Osoyoos.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2021
• Police investigating after driver, 19, killed in B.C. highway head-on collision

  The accident happened in the province’s southeast corner, on Highway 3, between Creston and Cranbrook.

  Traffic

  Mar 23, 2021
• Highway 3 reopened east of Manning Park after logging truck crash

  RCMP traffic services said the single-vehicle incident was reported around 6:40 a.m.

  News

  Mar 22, 2021
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• Coquihalla Highway reopens as southern B.C. gets walloped with heavy snow, wind, rain

  Up to 60 (you read that right) centimetres of snow could fall on the Coquihalla Highway and Highway 3's mountain passes.

  Weather

  Dec 19, 2019
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• 3 taken to hospital after multi-vehicle crash near Fernie involving school bus

  The crash shut down Highway 3 outside Fernie for hours as crews investigated.

  Traffic

  Sep 5, 2019