Motorists should expect delays on Highway 1 on Wednesday, May 3 (tomorrow)  between 10 a.m. and noon near Exit 370 Summit off-ramp due to construction.

The BC Coroners Service is investigating the deaths of two men who died after a vessel capsized near Tofino on April 30, 2017.  

A small portion of the Mabel Lake Forest Service Road east of Mabel Lake will be temporarily closed to all vehicle traffic until further notice, due to concerns about the stability of the roadbed in the area and the need to ensure public safety.

Alkali Resource Management Ltd. and the Esketem’c First Nation, with the assistance of the BC Wildfire Service, plan to conduct a series of prescribed burns in the Mayfield Lake area between April 27 and May 15, 2017, weather conditions permitting.

In the wake of the decision by the U.S. Department of Commerce to impose unfair and unwarranted duties on Canadian and British Columbia softwood lumber, I told British Columbians that I would use every tool at our disposal to ensure we get a fair deal on softwood lumber. 

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that preliminary countervailing duties of nearly 20% will be applied to the majority of Canadian softwood lumber shipments entering the United States.

Motorists travelling on Highway 1 through Kamloops should be advised that the exit 370 Summit off-ramp in Kamloops will be closed for two nights for paving work.

The Brennan Creek Recreation Site on the west shore of Adams Lake is closed to all users until further notice, due to large expanses of soil that have become heavily saturated with moisture.