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Article content More than 100 cars drove through B.C.’s new travel restriction road check on Day 1 and RCMP issued zero violation tickets. Police stopped 127 vehicles on Highway 3 near Manning Park at the first advertised road check between 4 and 8 p.m., said Cpl. Chris Manseau of B.C. RCMP E Division communications. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or COVID-19: Zero tickets issued on Day 1 of roadside check at Manning Park Back to video “We as...

BC travel ban leads to more than 6,000 cancelled camping reservations With RCMP road checks set to go into place on Thursday, thousands of camping reservations across BC have recently been cancelled. Accoridng to the provincial government, more than 6,000 bookings have been cancelled due to the travel ban. First announced in April, the ban included police checkpoints, ferry cancellations and travel bookings along with impacting camping reservations. The Ministry of Environment reports that app...

Shoihet said there would be notification signage before each road check, with u-turn routes. “People travelling for essential reasons through those areas can expect traffic delays,” she said. Commercial vehicles will not be subject to road checks. Shoihet said the RCMP was acting under the Emergency Program Act in banning non-essential travel between the Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and North/Interior due to COVID-19. No road checks are planned for the Island, but B.C. ...

Article content At the checkpoint, police can ask for a driver’s licence and the purpose for the driver’s travel. “If an officer determines that a person is travelling for non-essential reasons, they will be directed to leave the region,” Shoihet said. On Wednesday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie reported 572 new cases of COVID-19 and no deaths. She said there were 6,877 active cases in B.C., of which 481 were in hospital, including 161 people in intensive care. Most of the new ca...

Four COVID-19 travel restriction road checks established by RCMP in B.C. SHARE ON: (Supplied by Southeast District RCMP) The BC RCMP has established four road checks for the new COVID-19 travel restrictions, although none of the road checks are in the Kootenays. “The checks are part of the provincial enforcement actions that are meant to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 throughout the province by limiting travel between three regions,” said BC RCMP. Travel between the Lower Mainland and ...

by Lone Sheep Publishing on Wednesday May 05 2021 Golden is now has the most reported COVID-19 cases for the region with 16 cases with Nelson and Cranbrook reporting 15. Similar to the rest of the province, cases of COVID-19 continue to decline in the Kootenay Boundary following the release Wednesday on the B.C. Centre of Disease Control website of the Geographic Distribution of COVID-19 by Local Health Area of Case Residence map. Golden is now has the most reported...

BC RCMP COVID-19 road checks in place this weekend SHARE ON: Stock Image of RCMP Cruiser conducting a Traffic stop (Provided by RCMP) As part of the British Columbia provincial ban on non-essential travel, the BC RCMP will be setting up COVID-19 Travel Restriction Road Checks at four locations starting on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The checks are part of the provincial enforcement actions that are meant to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 throughout the province by limiting travel between three ...

COVID-19 road checks in place at 4 locations this weekend Four road checks will be put in place by the RCMP this weekend, starting on Thursday, as part of British Columbia’s provincial ban on non-essential travel. These provincial enforcement actions are meant to help reduce COVID-19 transmission throughout the province by limiting travel between three regions. The road checks this weekend will be located at: Hwy 1 in the Boston Bar area Hwy 3 in the Manning Park area Hwy 5 in the old toll bo...

B.C. reports 572 cases of COVID-19, RCMP roadchecks to start tomorrow SHARE ON: (From the files of Catherine Garrett MYPGNow staff) COVID-19 cases in British Columbia are trending downward. Health officials report 572 new cases of COVID-19 provincewide today (Wednesday) including 13 in the Northern Health region. In addition, yesterday’s (Tuesday) total was adjusted from 668 to 575. This is the lowest daily case total since March 22, when 580 cases were reported. 6,877 cases are active, as B....

The province has broken B.C. up into three travel zones: Vancouver Island, Interior/Northern Health and Vancouver Coastal/Fraser Health. Hope is included in the Interior/North zone, although residents can go to Chilliwack for essentials. Motorists breaking travel rules can be fined $230 for failing to follow instructions at a road check or $575 if the reason for travel violates the essential travel health order Earlier, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said West Vancouver and Delta polic...