Canada’s most talented post-secondary students and apprentices will compete at the 2022 Skills Canada National Competition (SCNC) in Vancouver in May.

A new northern community shuttle funding program will sustain and enhance access to services and amenities, friends and family, and other transportation services in B.C.’s North.

Effective at 8 p.m., on Tuesday, Nov.  23, 2021, travel restrictions will be in place on Highway 7 from Murray Street in Mission to Highway 1 in Hope.

Flood waters in the Abbotsford area continue to recede allowing the eastbound lanes on Highway 1 between Highway 11 east to Cole Road to be open for emergency access to agricultural operations in the area.   

Highway 1 between Boothroyd and Hope is now open, helping connect several communities to the Lower Mainland. 

Highway 1 is now open to a single lane of traffic in each direction between Hope and Highway 9 east of Chilliwack.

The Province is urging people on B.C.’s North Coast to prepare and be diligent as Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued weather alerts for heavy rain, strong winds and freezing temperatures, expected to arrive Saturday, Nov. 20 and last until Tuesday, Nov. 23.

Highway 7 to Hope is open for essential travel, which will help people reach their homes and the movement of goods and services.

Drivers are advised that the Malahat section of Highway 1 between West Shore Parkway and Tunnel Hill will be closed in both directions overnight each night from Nov. 16-22, 2021.   

New legislation will help maintain access to critical services that British Columbians rely on and protect those who provide those services, as the Province moves to prevent disruptive behaviour from affecting schools and health-care facilities.