highway 97a

• North Okanagan crash survivor speaks out for safety improvements

  The province says it does have plans to install concrete median barriers on a nearly 7.8 km section of the road which includes the area of the crash site.

  Canada

  Jul 15
  
• B.C.’s Highway 97A gets new safety signage after fatal crash

  Stephen Seelinger has been advocating for improvements to the intersection of Highway 97A and Springbend Road since his sister Janet was killed in a motorcycle crash there.

  Canada

  Jul 13
  
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• One dead in fatal collision north of Vernon: RCMP

  Police say a commercial vehicle and a pickup truck collided just north of Vernon, B.C., near the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 97A.

  Traffic

  Jul 12
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• Landslide risk diminishes for Shuswap mobile home park, evacuation alert rescinded

  Residents of Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park are able little easier as of Monday, now that the risk of a landslide has dropped off. 

  Weather

  Jun 7
• Landslide threat: Evacuation alert lifted for Shuswap mobile home park

  Regional officials say the evacuation alert, issued Thursday, remains in effect for all residents of the Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park along Highway 97A.

  Canada

  May 6
• Dense fog blamed for chain reaction crash in Enderby that left one dead

  A dense fog that settled in the area had reduced visibility to nearly zero at the time of the crash, the RCMP said.

  Traffic

  Jan 24
• Highway 97A south of Sicamous reopens

  Highway 97A, just south of Sicamous, has re-opened. Rocks on the road between Davidson Drive and the Mara Lake rest area have been cleared.

  Traffic

  Dec 5, 2021
• Section of Highway 97A south of Sicamous closed in both directions; rocks on road

  According to DriveBC, the closure is between Davidson Drive and the Mara Lake rest area, approximately 4-5 kilometres south of Sicamous.

  Traffic

  Dec 4, 2021
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• B.C. IIO investigating single-vehicle collision on Highway 97A, near Armstrong

  A police officer was travelling southbound on Highway 97A when a grey vehicle passed by at an alleged high rate of speed.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2021
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• Accident cleared on Highway 97A south of Sicamous

  DriveBC said the incident happened three kilometres south of Sicamous, between Mara Lake Rest Area and Mara Heights Road.

  Traffic

  Nov 2, 2021