Columbia Valley Guide
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Integra Air announces flights between Edmonton and Cranbrook
May 29, 2011 — Recreational visitors to the Columbia Valley who live in northern Alberta and Kootenay residents who work in Alberta will soon be able to fly directly to and from Edmonton International Airport and Cranbrook’s Canadian Rockies International Airport.
Starting June 15, 2011, Lethbridge-based Integra Air will begin regularly scheduled flights, the first phase of a plan to service travelers who, up until now, have had to drive or take the bus, a lengthy and often stress-filled experience.
In the beginning, flights will run three days a week –- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays -– ...Full story
Driving with a BAC between 50 and 80 mg%
Behind the Wheel –
In 1977 BC established the limit of 50 mg% as the provincial limit on Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) for drivers. When tested with an approved screening device drivers with a BAC over this limit received a 24 hour roadside prohibition. Relatively recently, this prohibition also included a 24 hour vehicle impoundment to go along with the prohibition.
Effective on September 20, 2010 the prohibition dealt to drivers with a BAC between 50 and 80 mg% (known as a warn) will change significantly. When tested with an approved screening device at roadside a driver who provides ...Full story
Homeland Security to screen Canadians for flights over US
March 12, 2010 — As of December of 2010 no passenger on a Canadian airline who is flying to a US destinations, or even over US airspace enroute to another destination, will be allowed on board the aircraft until the US Department of Homeland Security has checked that person against their list of suspected terrorists and given clearance to that passenger.
The new and latest tool in the toolbox of weapons in the US’s war on terrorism is called Secure Flight (SFP) and gives the US total control over who flies and who doesn’t. Even if the flight originates in Canada or has a Canadian destination, ...Full story
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