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There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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Post by walrus01 »

Mikeb85 wrote: post #10
huhtenberg wrote: post #6

You can still go around, through the US.

Not without a Covid test, no matter your vaccination status...

You don't need a covid19 test now to drive into the USA. You do need to be fully vaccinated and to declare you have no symptoms. This is new with the border re-opening for non essential travel just about a week ago.

You do need a covid19 test (quick antigen test is OK) to fly from Canada to the US.

You do need a PCR covid19 test taken within the past 72 hours to re-enter canada by land or air, per CBSA requirements.

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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Post by cormacrelf »

gigglesupstairs wrote: post #15
Dedime wrote: post #7

I surprised you didn't link Kelowna's finest newspaper, Castanet: https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/351544/Mudslides-close-all-... I love them because their reporting is terrible and the site itself is straight out of the 90's. They used to run polls that were easy to manipulate, according to a ex-coworker of mine. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Nonetheless, everybody in Kelowna acts like Castanet is…

Holy heck it looks dope, straight out of 90s. I’m surprised it works well with Safari’s Reader though.

Reader and similar plugins have it easy on 90s websites. It's the 2010s onwards you have to worry about.

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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Post by beebs93 »

One of my family members has been stuck just east of Hope, British Columbia[1] for almost two days now. There is currently no cell service, but luckily they have a Garmin inReach so we can communicate via its SMS feature.

For anybody with friends/family in the area, the BC subreddit megathread[2] on this is a good starting place to get information on evacuations, power outage status, road closures, official relevant Twitter accounts, etc.

1: https://goo.gl/maps/CXcNEUmAx8gpF5CTA

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/britishcolumbia/comments/qubkc6/flo...

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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Post by Mikeb85 »

BoorishBears wrote: post #30
Mikeb85 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not without a Covid test, no matter your vaccination status...

Not a big deal compared to actually being cut off with the current pressure on basic necessities.

Lots of people commute daily for work, in large part because Vancouver is no unaffordable. It's a massive headache, and that's why it's such big news.

Taking a PCR test every 2 days just to be able to get to/from work is ridiculous. Especially since only one side is requiring it.

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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Post by foofoo55 »

Railways to the east are also washed out. [1] And the farm country in the cities of Abbotsford and Chilliwack to the east of Vancouver, which supplies most of the local dairy & poultry, is now either completely flooded or cut off. [2]

[1] https://www.radionl.com/2021/11/15/cn-cp-trains-out-of-servi...

[2] https://www.abbynews.com/news/immediate-evacuation-order-due...

Re: There is currently no way to drive between Vancouver and the rest of Canada

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Post by ghaff »

rubylark wrote: post #29

A different article[1] I read with a similar headline has this claim: > To leave the Lower Mainland of BC, you would have to use Highway 99, Highway 1, or the Coquihalla. I'm not at all familiar with the area. Are there really only 3 roads between Vancouver and the rest of Canada without going through Washington? That seems like such a low number. [1] https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/highway-closures-flooding-mu...

Vancouver is essentially surrounded by a combination of water, mountains, and the United States (with more mountains). In general, there aren't a lot of routes through mountain ranges.
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