Highway 4 ‘on track’ to fully reopen by Labour Day long weekend: Ministry

The Ministry of Transportation says it expects the key route to be open by the Labour Day long weekend, but that work will require one more full closure next week.

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Highway 4 ‘on track’ to fully reopen by Labour Day long weekend: Ministry
The Ministry of Transportation says it expects the key route to be open by the Labour Day long weekend, but that work will require one more full closure next week.
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Highway 4 ‘on track’ to fully reopen by Labour Day long weekend: Ministry

The Ministry of Transportation says it expects the key route to be open by the Labour Day long weekend, but that work will require one more full closure next week.

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Highway 4 on Vancouver Island closed until midnight due to rain

This closure has hit the region hard again, after the aggressive wildfire in June cost businesses on the west coast an estimated $44 million, according to a survey.

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Highway 4 closure cost Tofino, Ucluelet businesses $44 million: survey

The only paved road connecting Port Alberni, Tofino, Ucluelet and other west coast communities with the rest of Vancouver Island and was closed for 17 days in June due to wildfire.

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Vancouver Island’s critical Highway 4 to reopen ahead of schedule Friday

Highway 4 was closed on June 6 due to the Cameron Bluffs wildfire, isolating the communities of Port Alberni, Ucluelet and Tofino.

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Port Alberni teachers ‘trapped’ by highway closure put in unfair position: Union

A group of teachers who live outside Port Alberni are being given the choice of a 12 hour daily commute or staying in the community at their own expense, according to their union.

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As key highway outage drags on, Port Alberni gets creative to survive

By land, air and sea, businesses and services in the Vancouver Island city of 25,000 have been forced to get creative to say alive.

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Tourist businesses in Tofino reeling from ongoing wildfire-related road closure

The Ministry of Transportation says the soonest Highway 4 will reopen is June 24, and then only to single-lane alternating traffic until mid July.

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B.C. communities remain on edge as massive wildfires continue to burn

The West Kiskatinaw wildfire is still very close to Tumbler Ridge, where all residents were ordered to evacuate on Thursday. Only a few remain in the community.

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Wildfire growing upslope away from Highway 4 on Vancouver Island

The first B.C. government convoy of supplies and goods has landed in Port Alberni, according to the mayor.

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