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Starting March 13 in Alberta, fines for a slew of traffic offences ranging from speeding to distracted driving will increase by anywhere from 30 to 50 per cent.

A small stretch of Alberta's busiest highway south of Edmonton is getting a speed limit increase as part of a test to see if more divided highway in the province should allow it.

A police officer pulled up beside an electric car last week during the morning rush-hour commute along Highway 1 in Coquitlam. The driver appeared to be asleep.

Surrey Fire and Rescue Services says crews were called around 11 p.m. on Thursday to a fire on Musqueam Drive, which burned through the night.

A carriage-style home in Airdrie was destroyed after a fire broke out on the property early Monday morning. One person inside was able to escape without injury.

At around 1:30 a.m. on April 3, officers were called to an Avenue Road restaurant for reports that someone had fired at the building before driving away.

The City of Ottawa says more drivers are speeding in school zones five months after the Ontario government shut off automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras.

The lawyer for one of two men charged in the 2021 drive-by shooting of Meriem Boundaoui told jurors his client was merely a passenger and panicked when shots were fired.

Alberta RCMP say just before 3 p.m. Saturday, a pickup truck pulled up beside a Honda Civic on the QEII and a gun was fired, resulting in the death of the car's driver.

An accused mass killer was either driven by drug- and alcohol-induced paranoia or was a pawn in a frame-up when he fatally shot five people in a Winnipeg rooming house,.

The defence said the accused was involved in a road rage incident roughly a kilometre before the crash that claimed the life of 59-year-old Carlos Dinis in Toronto.

Fire investigators are working to determine what caused a house fire in Lower Sackville over the weekend that claimed the lives of three people.

A Brampton judge heard competing claims over brake failure and driver distraction in a deadly MiWay bus crash. A ruling is expected in July.

The dangerous driving causing death trial for a MiWay transit operator began in a Brampton courtroom Monday. Baljeet Dhaliwal has pleaded not guilty.

A Winnipeg teen was arrested after several geese were struck with a vehicle, killing some and injuring others, police say. 

In her bottom-line decision released Monday, the justice acquitted Sahota on all three charges, despite the fact she said she did not believe Sahota's evidence.

The Richmond Street ramp has been closed on the southern leg of the DVP since October, contributing to congestion. Now the city says it could be reopened in a matter of weeks.

Brady Robertson had appealed both his conviction and his sentence after being found guilty of dangerous and impaired driving causing death.

One vehicle was fully involved in flames when first responders arrived, RCMP said, but there is no word yet if anyone was injured in the crash.

Calgary police say they are stopping a growing number of drivers for 'excessive speeding,' especially on Stoney Trail, where recent enforcement efforts are 'paying dividends.'