Trans Canada

Two dead in Trans Canada crash near Revelstoke

KAMLOOPS – A crash on the Trans Canada near Three Valley Gap has claimed the lives of two people. A westbound tractor-trailer and an eastbound car collided between Revelstoke and Craigellachie around 1 p.m. Saturday, according a Revelstoke Times Review report. The people in the car were killed. The highway was closed for over nine...

Driving mountain passes a challenge; heavy snow falling

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – The meteorologists at Environment Canada are predicting a dump of snow on the mountain passes Saturday making the drive to and from the Thompson-Okanagan a challenge this weekend. A disturbance moving south from the northwest is responsible for the heavy snow, according to a special weather statement issued Saturday morning. The Okanagan Connector,...

Pickup truck burns on Trans Canada near Kamloops

KAMLOOPS – A pickup truck was left to burn itself out on the Trans Canada just west of Kamloops Sunday afternoon because the area isn’t covered by a fire department. The Kamloops Fire Rescue dispatcher confirmed there was a vehicle fire but pointed out the area near the New Afton gold mine doesn’t have any...

Kamloops DJ dies in crash near Chase

KAMLOOPS – The morning show host on a Kamloops radio station was killed early Thursday morning in a crash on the Trans Canada near Chase. Mike Evenson, 37, was pronounced dead at the scene. Three vehicles were involved in the crash on Highway 1 about five kilometres west of Chase. As eastbound logging truck and...

Spring cleaning on the Coquihalla

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN — If you plan on hitting the highways this week plan for delays as crews clean and fix highways hit hard by a cold, wet winter that left potholes and frost heaves on many roads in the region. Work has already begun on some highways and over the next week drivers can expect to...