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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. Ferries passengers are being asked whether their travel is essential. This travel ban was announced...

Manning Park (Shutterstock) BC RCMP announced today they will be establishing COVID-19 Travel Restriction Road Checks at select locations starting this Thursday, May 6, as part of the provincial ban on non-essential travel. Road Checks will be located at: Highway 1 in the Boston Bar area; Highway 3 in the Manning Park area; Highway 5 in the Old Toll Booth area; Highway 99 in the Lillooet area. Police said signage will be in place informing travellers of upcoming road check locations and providing safe u-turn routes should motorists determine that their travel is not essential and wish to avoi...

by Rossland Telegraph on Monday May 03 2021 Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore said she regrets the concern this has caused in the community and any issues for council. Another West Kootenay Mayor is coming under fire for travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rossland Mayor Kathy Moore recently travelled south of the 49 th parallel get vaccinated, while at the same time spending time with family. Despite having dual citizenship, and announcing ahead of time that she was traveling into the United States, Moore was ripped for being hypocritical on social media. “I do re...

Posted: May 03, 2021 7:20 PM PT | Last Updated: May 4 Rossland, B.C., Mayor Kathy Moore, a dual Canadian-American citizen, has apologized for what she now says was a wrong decision to travel to the U.S. for COVID-19 vaccines and to visit family. (City of Rossland)

B.C. enables road checks to enforce travel restrictions SHARE ON: Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. (Supplied by B.C. Government Flickr) The B.C. Government will allow site-specific road checks on corridors between regions to enforce the travel restrictions imposed on April 23rd. Regulations imposed last Friday prohibit non-essential travel between three regional health zones in B.C. The zones are as follows: Interior Health and Nothern Health regions. Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions. Island Health region. BC Ferries have reported a 25% decre...