Coquihalla

EDITORIAL – Speeding fines should be based on how much money we make

January 26, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NOW HERE’S AN IDEA that might make at least some people smarten up on our highways — instead of handing out the same fines to everybody [Continue]

BEPPLE – Coquihalla Highway can’t escape its past

December 28, 2022 // 0 Comments

WHEN THE COQUIHALLA Highway was opened in 1986, it followed the mountainous route of the doomed Kettle Valley Railway from Coldwater to Hope. And just as the KVR struggled to [Continue]

CONNECTOR CRASH – Four killed, many injured in Christmas Eve rollover of bus

December 25, 2022 // 1 Comment

A bus accident on the Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) in the early evening of Dec 24 took four lives, according to RCMP. The rollover happened as the bus was heading toward [Continue]

PETERS – Fatal crashes ramp up pressure to twin area highways

July 9, 2022 // 2 Comments

THE AMOUNT OF CARNAGE we have seen on Kamloops-area roads in the past few weeks has been both unfathomable and unacceptable. The most gut-wrenching incident happened about [Continue]

EDITORIAL – As Coq re-opens, truckers and the rest of us must get along

January 20, 2022 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY is open for non-commercial traffic again. While officials caution that the drive between Merritt and Hope will take [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Once again, we vow never to let tragedy happen again

May 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. SO OFTEN WE HEAR of tragedies after which we all vow to make sure they never happen again. “We have to make sure no one else ever has to [Continue]