Alberta Roads

• Fed up in Fort Mac: Residents take Highway 63 road repairs into their own hands

  Fed up with waiting for the province or municipality to carry out repairs to Highway 63, some residents of Fort McMurray are taking matters into their own hands. 

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  Jun 11
  
• Stars airlifts patient to hospital after his ambulance, tractor collide north of Calgary

  RCMP said the ambulance, driving quickly with its lights and sirens activated, and the tractor were both headed west on Highway 9 when they collided in Rocky View County.

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  Jun 9
  
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• Multiple critical patients in hospital from oilfield transport bus rollover near Grande Prairie

  All 17 people on the bus were treated for a range of injuries, including four people who were rushed to hospital in Grande Prairie in life-threatening condition.

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  May 13
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• Fort McMurray seeks answers from province over Highway 63 storm response

  The massive, sudden snowfall that started on April 23 left hundreds of stranded drivers on Highway 63 without food, water, or proper communication for almost 24 hours.

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  May 6
• 120 km/h speed limit begins testing on stretch of QEII south of Leduc

  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.

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  Apr 29
• ‘Heinous act’: Truck found, but no arrests in QEII shooting that killed Edmonton man

  Alberta RCMP say they have located a Grey 2022 Ford F-150 involved in the fatal highway shooting of an Edmonton man earlier this month. The suspect remains at large.

  Crime

  Mar 23
• Fatal crashes in Alberta spike above 10-year average in December: RCMP

  Alberta RCMP said fatal and injury collisions increased in December and the trend appears to be continuing into the new year, with four deaths in the first four days of January.

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  Jan 5
• Alberta looks to protect bridges like the High Level from semi collisions

  Five times this year, large trucks heading onto the double-decker High Level Bridge have hit the structure often resulting in traffic snarls.

  Politics

  Dec 24, 2025
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• Alberta to launch trial in 2026 increasing some rural highway speeds to 120 km/h

  The Alberta government will go ahead next year with a trial to up the speed limit on some rural divided highways to 120 kilometres per hour.

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  Dec 19, 2025
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• Bus carrying youth hockey team crashes north of Edmonton, 2 in hospital

  The Athabasca Rivermen Junior A hockey team's bus lost control on an icy highway north of Edmonton and crashed into trees in the ditch, leaving all on board with various injuries.

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  Dec 12, 2025