Wildfire season is closing BC and Alberta highways (Hwy 1, 3, and 97). Get current closures, evacuation order links, and what it means for time-critical freight.
Highway 97 covers Kelowna to Kamloops in about two hours by dedicated truck — but a courier network routes the same part through a regional sort hub first. For procurement managers on BC’s mining and aerospace corridor, that gap decides whether a job site waits.
A sawmill losing $10,000 to $50,000 an hour doesn’t have time to wait on a scheduled courier run. What a down line in the Cariboo actually costs, and why a dedicated hotshot on Highway 97 is the cheapest part of the shutdown.
