Since its inception, the Gaskell Memorial Cup has raised thousand of dollars for sports-related concussion awareness and other community groups.

Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for the Coquihalla Highway and the Trans-Canada Highway.

The national weather agency is predicting 10 to 20 cm of snow from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning.

The northbound lanes aren't faring much better under the extreme weather, with semis reportedly blocking lanes.

The operation, which will be subject to acceptable flying conditions, will be carried out by helicopter from 11 kilometres south of the Great Bear Snowshed to nine kilometres north of the Coquihalla summit.

According to BC Hydro, as of 9 a.m. Saturday, the largest amount of power outages were in the Thompson and Shuswap regions, with 12,475 customers affected.

DriveBC reporting compact snow at Allison Pass and through Manning Park.

Environment Canada says total snowfall amounts of up to 20 cm are expected before it tapers off early Friday morning.

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The Ministry of Transportation says the new system will begin operation in the coming days on a short section of Highway 3 near Hope.