Alberta Roads

• 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.

  Traffic

  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.

  Traffic

  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.

  Traffic

  Dec 12, 2025
• Avoid non-essential travel due to snowy, ice-covered roads: southern Alberta RCMP

  Brooks RCMP said they were receiving a received a high volume of collision-related calls late Thursday afternoon due to poor weather and road conditions.

  Traffic

  Dec 11, 2025
• Sturgeon County drivers want more safety measures on Highway 28

  Sturgeon County residents say collisions are becoming too common on Highway 28 at Highway 642, where a 54-year-old man was killed in crash with a semi this week.

  Traffic

  Nov 27, 2025
• RCMP warn to stay off Highway 63 as freezing rain causes crashes, traffic standstill

  Freezing rain on Highway 63, south of Fort McMurray, turned the road into a skating rink that RCMP said led to semis and other vehicles going off the road and halting traffic.

  Trending

  Nov 21, 2025
• Tanker loses control on icy highway, crashes into North Saskatchewan River

  RCMP said poor road conditions led to a semi tanker hauling suspected bitumen losing control and crashing into the North Saskatchewan River downstream of Edmonton. 

  Environment

  Nov 6, 2025
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• Alberta cracking down on unsafe, reckless commercial trucking practices

  From schools that undertrain commercial drivers to companies exploiting workers to avoid paying taxes and benefits, Alberta said it's cracking down on reckless trucking operators.

  Traffic

  Oct 3, 2025
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• Central Alberta crash kills 4 people from Maskwacis, including 2 teenagers

  Ponoka RCMP said a GMC Acadia was passing other vehicles on Highway 2A Saturday night when it hit an oncoming Volkswagen Tiguan, killing all four people involved.

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  May 5, 2025