Alberta Roads News Today

The southbound off-ramp from the Queen Elizabeth II Highway onto 50th Street in Leduc will close this weekend, as construction continues on a nearby interchange project.

With the Easter long weekend upon us, coupled with spring break for thousands of students across Alberta, RCMP are asking drivers to be prepared for busy highways.

RCMP said officers were on the scene of a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 825 near Boysdale Road Tuesday morning.

A two-vehicle crash on Highway 44 in Parkland County sent two elderly people to hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the other vehicle faces several charges.

At about 6:25 a.m. Thursday, Okotoks RCMP responded to a collision in the southbound lanes of Highway 2, about two kilometres south of Dunbow Road.

Leduc city council is asking the provincial government to lower the speed limit on the QEII Highway within the city.

We all knew the balmy, snow-less conditions would end eventually and soon, Albertans will face the brutal shock of more seasonable winter weather as snow and Arctic air move in.

Southern Alberta was hit with persistent, heavy, wet snow Thursday and early Friday prompting snowfall warnings from Environment and Climate Change Canada that covered the southwest corner of the province, including Calgary.

After record heat in southern Alberta and B.C. Tuesday, Wednesday’s forecast mirrors the US post office creed – with rain, sleet, snow and ice all possible.

After another warm and dry weekend, Calgarians woke up Monday to an overnight low temperature that exceeded average daytime highs for this time of year.