News Items tag as: Avalanche control

How avalanche techs keep drivers safe on B.C. highways in winter
January 28, 2022 - 9:00 PM

Avalanche control technicians worked on the Jack McDonald snowshed on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Revelstoke earlier this month.
Coquihalla Highway to be closed overnight for avalanche control
January 05, 2021 - 11:27 AM

Drive BC issued a heads-up today, Jan. 5, warning motorists that a long stretch of the Coquihalla Highway will be closed overnight for avalanche control.
iN VIDEO: Avalanche control near Revelstoke packs a punch
December 28, 2020 - 6:00 PM

The weight carried by showshed tunnels along the Trans-Canada Highway was on full display this week in footage of some avalanche control efforts.
Snowfall warning, avalanche could cause delays on Highway 3
February 15, 2016 - 6:52 AM

PENTICTON - A system moving through southern B.C. is expected to drop a lot of snow on Highway 3 before tomorrow morning.
Avalanche control to cause delays on Interior highways
February 05, 2016 - 2:05 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If heading east is in your long weekend plans, allow a couple of extra hours to travel.
Several B.C. Interior highways closed for avalanche control this morning
January 14, 2016 - 7:01 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you were heading east today, expect delays west of Revelstoke and along several other Interior highways as crews perform avalanche control today.
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This B.C. highrise will be tallest in Canada outside Toronto
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How avalanche techs keep drivers safe on B.C. highways in winter