Scan around Canada’s highway system and you’ll find that BC is the only province to have an A, B, C and D version of a highway. In this province, those letters are tagged onto Highway 97 – as in ...

Hi there, Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. When a pedestrian activates the green flashing signal light, the light will change to yellow and then red so that drivers will stop and the ...

Home owners can treat icy sidewalks with sand, but on a slippery highway, whipping winds and passing trucks can blow away light material within minutes. Instead, when there’s a need for extra traction ...

Good morning William – thanks for connecting with us here. We can’t predict with certainty what the weather will be during that time frame, but the chances are very high that winter will have arrived ...

Who operates the counterflow? Miller Capilano Highway Services, our local maintenance contractor, monitors more than 40 cameras on the bridge and surrounding roads from the Transportation Management ...

With Large Trucks Roundabouts have what is called an “apron” encircling the centre island. This raised, coloured section allows longer, wider vehicles extra clearance when needed. Please remember to ...

Set in the rain shadow of the Coastal Mountains, the Coquihalla is an awe-inspiring drive any time of year, but it can also be a demanding one, especially in winter. The highway climbs about 1,200 ...

Good afternoon Jeannette, Our local staff in the Smithers office just informed us that Hudson Bay Mountain Rd was changed to a winter maintenance class B in 1983. At that time, the road was made up of ...

Postcard of Suicide Hill Courtesy Fort St. John North Peace Museum I986.27.06 Driven by wartime urgency, the building of the Alaska Highway remains an epic accomplishment, decades later. The highway ...

We introduced better chain-up regulations for commercial vehicles, which provide more clarity for professional drivers, in 2018. This means safer roads. The changes came in the wake of one of our ...

A "how to" blog guiding drivers in British Columbia through safe winter driving methods around snow plows and winter maintenance vehicles.

The first time I ever tried to put chains on my car was in a snowed-in mountainside parking lot. My fingers froze, the sun sank lower, and when I finally got the chains fastened, I crept down the ...