After what they’re calling a tough couple of weeks, tourism operators on western Vancouver Island are getting ready to welcome back guests and visitors in time for the Canada Day long weekend.
Highway 4, which links communities like Port Alberni, Tofino, and the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nation with the rest of the island, had been closed for two and a half weeks as a result of the Cameron Bluffs wildfire.
Although that fire is still burning, the B.C. Wildfire Service said it’s currently deemed to be under control.
While it briefly re-opened Friday before being shuttered again due to high winds, DriveBC announced Saturday morning that the highway has opened to single-lane alternating traffic.
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