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Southern Alberta drivers are welcoming provincial plans to continue the twinning of a 30-kilometre stretch of Highway 3 between Medicine Hat and Whitla. Jordan Prentice has more on the move many say is a long time coming.

Nearly 24 hours later, the road closures are still in place in a notoriously isolated area of Alberta. RCMP said whiteout conditions have led them to close Highway 63 northbound between Wandering River and Fort McMurray and both lanes of traffic south of Mariana Lake and Fort McMurray. Highway 811 is also closed, north of...

WATCH: It was eight years ago on April 6, 2018 that a semi blew a stop sign near Tisdale hitting a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. Global News Chris Carr has more on highway and trucking safety and whether enough has changed.

There is concern this weekend over another growing homeless encampment in Richmond. A small colony of trailers and shelters has sprouted along Highway 99 near No. 5 Road. As Travis Prasad reports, no government agency appears ready to address the situation.

Hundreds of people were stuck in whiteout blizzard conditions for nearly a day and a half on Highway 63. Some Fort McMurray locals banded together to collect donations of food, fuel and water to take to people stranded on the road. Katherine Ludwig reports.

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police are mourning the loss of an officer that was killed in the line of duty, in a collision on Highway 401 near Coburg on Monday. Sgt. Brandon Malcolm was a young and respected member of the OPP, who Commissioner Thomas Carrique says was taken way too soon. Lexy Benedict...

People stuck for a day in a snowstorm on Highway 63 near Fort McMurray are frustrated with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the province and RCMP on what they say was a lack of emergency response. However, officials say emergency crews and plows were responding, but the high snow drifts also made it difficult....

A teenager who caused a deadly head-on collision on Highway 48 has pleaded guilty – nearly one year after the crash that killed a young father and injured his three daughters. Toronto Police are offering a $25,000 reward for a suspect wanted in a string of violent jewelry store robberies, including the shooting of a...

Two people are dead after a crash that closed Highway 11 near Lac Du Bonnet for several hours this morning.

Birinder Singh died after he was shot driving on the highway near Leduc. With no known motive for the shooting, his friends are questioning whether it’s safe to drive on Alberta highways. Sarah Ryan reports.

On the afternoon of March 14, a 22-year-old man was shot and killed while driving on the QEII south of Leduc, near Township Road 490. RCMP are now seeking dashcam footage from anyone driving on that part of Highway 2, in order to the truck suspected of being involved in the shooting. Katherine Ludwig reports.

At least 15 people are dead after a Bolivian air force cargo plane skidded off the runway and slammed into a vehicle on a busy highway near the Bolivian capital Friday. Officials say dozens more people were injured.

A woman was killed and nearly two dozen other people were injured after a charter bus carrying a church youth group rolled over on Highway 43 late Saturday night. The bus was returning home after a Pathfinders Bible Experience event in St. Albert. Katherine Ludwig reports.

The major swings in temperature take a toll on Saskatoon’s water pipes as a main break causes delays for commuters. Tragedy in Alberta as a community near Calgary mourns the death of three teenage hockey players killed in a highway collision on their way to practice. With a recent surge in gopher populations a group...

Tragedy in Alberta as a community near Calgary mourns the death of three teenage hockey players killed in a highway collision on their way to practice. A local catering company that employs people with cognitive disabilities opens a new cafe focusing on inclusion. With a recent surge in gopher populations a group representing Saskatchewan agriculture...

Three members of the Southern Alberta Mustangs Junior hockey team have been killed in a motor vehicle collision south of Calgary. RCMP say the collision happened Monday morning in the town of Stavely, along Highway 2.

A miracle on the 401 today, after a massive chain-reaction crash involving nearly 50 vehicles shut down the highway. First responders say the scene on the highway between Quinte West and Belleville looked far worse than the outcome. Somehow, police say there were no serious injuries. Jesse Reynolds has more.

The province now has a roadmap for future highway upgrades slated for the next five years. The Department of Public Works unveiled their multi-year approach to improving highway infrastructure. As Ella MacDonald reports, some projects will have to take a back seat.

A school bus carrying high school students rolled off a highway in western Manitoba Tuesday, leaving several with significant injuries. 14 students aged 16 to 18 were on the bus when it rolled over near Swan River, about 550 kilometers north of Winnipeg. The driver and all of the passengers were taken to the hospital,...

Surgical backlogs in the province are taking a toll on those with cancer left waiting for treatment. Local childcare centres react to the $10-a-day childcare program extension taking effect in March. A preliminary hearing date has been set for Chris Fahlman, the man accused of killing a women on a highway near Weyburn in September...