Yellowhead Highway

PETERS – Safety improvements needed on Highway 5 — but more patience, too

March 4, 2023 // 0 Comments

IT IS AN INCREDIBLY FRIGHTENING TIME to be living in the North Thompson. People living in Barriere and Clearwater and all of the smaller communities along that corridor need [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Comprehensive plan is needed to stop Yellowhead carnage

February 14, 2023 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE ARE MANY IDEAS on how to fix the Yellowhead Highway. A couple of recent tragedies in the area south of Barriere have renewed the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No shortage of things to complain about with local highways

August 30, 2022 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. KAMLOOPS HIGHWAYS are up for review and I’ll bet the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is going to get an earful. The focus is [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Yellowhead and 5A Highways both need serious attention

June 22, 2022 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THERE HAVE BEEN a couple of horrendous highway accidents in the past couple of weeks, including a triple fatality on the Yellowhead. Such [Continue]

One dead, four hurt in Yellowhead crash

June 9, 2014 // 5 Comments

NEWS/ POLICE — One person is dead and four others are in hospital after two pickup trucks smashed into each other just north of Rayleigh on the Yellowhead Highway today. [Continue]

Traffic moves cautiously at scene of log spill

March 21, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Traffic was still slow through the Mount Paul Road-Yellowhead Highway intersection at the noon hour today due to a spill of logs. Fortunately, no injuries were [Continue]