Many travellers spent a frigid night trapped on Highway 5, the Coquihalla Highway, when that busy route was shut down by icy conditions and several collisions.
The approval comes with 33 conditions that are legally binding requirements that the Transportation Ministry must meet.
Police on a First Nations reserve in southwestern Ontario are investigating whether cocaine laced with fentanyl is behind the death of a man and the overdose of another earlier this week.
Calgary-based law firm Higgerty Law said Friday it filed the suit at Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton on Feb. 3.
In celebration of Canada's 150th birthday, the funds will support the creation of the TD Nature Play Area which will consist of 1.5 acres of new park space, including a custom designed natural play area, trees, gardens and a connected pathway system to encourage walking and cycling.
A charge of second degree murder has been laid against William Victor Schneider in relation to the death of Japanese student Natsumi Kogawa.