The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) anticipates wildfire smoke south of Fort McMurray could become so thick that Highway 63 will be closed temporarily. Any closure of Highway 63 would ...[...]

Alberta RCMP carried out enhanced traffic enforcement targeting impaired drivers between May 17 to 20. As part of National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day on Saturday, May 18, police efforts over the ...[...]

Alberta Emergency Alert issued the order for Beacon Hill, Abasand, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace just after 2 p.m. All residents were asked to leave by 4 p.m. and go to the reception centre in ...[...]

The fire grew rapidly throughout the day: at 7 p.m., Alberta Wildfire ... access a lot. Cold Lake is located 147 kilometres southeast of Lac La Biche via Highway 36 and Highway 55.[...]

A highway camera photo shows traffic in Fort McMurray jammed in the southbound lane of Highway 63 on the north side of the Athabasca ... at 3:11 p.m. MT Tuesday, about an hour after an evacuation ...[...]

Family and friends are mourning the loss of an Alberta couple who were killed Sunday in a highway crash northwest of Lethbridge, Alta.[...]

FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA - Thousands of residents forced to flee a fierce ... Butz said those who have fled voluntarily are welcome back. "The highway is open in both directions and traffic is flowing ...[...]

It did move slightly to the northwest towards the Athabasca River, but it remains 5.5 kilometres from Fort McMurray limits and 4.5 from the highway," Christie Tucker of Alberta Wildfire told ...[...]

Authorities in Alberta also issued an alert about a wildfire nearly 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) southwest of the oil sands city of Fort McMurray that could impact visibility on highways in some areas.[...]

Officials will speak about the continued effect of precipitation and cooler weather on the wildfire danger in Alberta Thursday ... than a thigh snake along the highways near Fort McMurray, studded ...[...]

Highways north of Lac La Biche are expected to be congested over the next hours and days as residents in areas of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Fort McMurray have been told to evacuate ...[...]

This closure would be south of the highway 63 and 881 ... At around 9 p.m. Thursday, Alberta Wildfire said it was responding to an out-of-control wildfire about 28 kilometres southwest of Fort ...[...]

The suspect vehicle was located abandoned a short time later near the Fort Vermilion Rodeo grounds and a firearm was located in the vehicle. Two of the suspects, one male and o ...[...]

Cooler temperatures, calmer winds and rain have subdued the wildfire threatening the northern Alberta community ... from the intersection of Highway 63 and Highway 881, the only roads leading ...[...]

Alberta Emergency Alert issued the order for ... Northbound Highway 63 between Highway 881 and Saprae Creek Trail was closed from 4:30 p.m. until almost midnight to allow for preventative ...[...]

EDMONTON, ALBERTA ... near Fort McMurray is now 5.5 kilometres from the city's landfill, two kilometres closer than it was on Tuesday afternoon. The fire is 4.5 kilometres from the Highway ...[...]

Wanting everybody to feel comfortable and welcome': Alberta couple killed in highway crash remembered Family and friends are mourning the loss of an Alberta couple who were killed Sunday in a ...[...]

"In a famous song of that time, 75 years ago -- it is still performed today -- there ... Wanting everybody to feel comfortable and welcome': Alberta couple killed in highway crash remembered Family ...[...]

Family and friends are mourning the loss of an Alberta couple who were killed Sunday in a highway crash northwest of Lethbridge, Alta.[...]

Smoke from wildfires is visible in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Residents of a hamlet near Fort McMurray ... in Canyon Creek has forced Highway 2 between Seppola Drive ...[...]

There were 53 total active wildfires burning throughout the province as of 1 p.m. MT ... not believed Highway 881 will be immediately impacted, meaning access to Fort McMurray will not be impeded. In ...[...]

THE WOODLANDS ... County and the Woodlands are urged to prepare for possible gridlock as the Ironman triathlon closes key routes this weekend. The southbound lanes of the Hardy Toll Road and ...[...]

Wildfires have already forced some near Edmonton and Fort McMurray to evacuate. This year, there have been 198 wildfires across Alberta ... in a wrong-way crash on Highway 401 in Whitby last ...[...]

Smoke from wildfires is visible in Fort McMurray, Alberta ... of highway may be closed, too, as the fire progresses. This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 21, 2024.[...]

Alberta Emergency Alert issued the order for Beacon Hill, Abasand, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace just after 2 p.m. All residents must leave by 4 p.m., according to the alert. Residents are being ...[...]

(Alberta Wildfire) Content continues below As of Monday afternoon, the fire was about 16 kilometres southwest of the community and about 12 kilometres west of Highway 63 ... with a high of 21 C. Crews ...[...]

Thousands of people have fled Fort Nelson, British Columbia, and more cities are threatened in Alberta and Manitoba.[...]

The Alberta government issued an Emergency Alert Friday evening for residents near Fort McMurray and Saprae Creek due ... and smoke could impact visibility on Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray.[...]

With or without federal support, improvements to a major southern Alberta highway continue ... Lethbridge, Crowsnest Pass, Piikani First Nation, Pincher Creek, Fort Macleod, Taber and dozens ...[...]

Queen Elizabeth Way Fort Erie bound between Fruitland Road, Hamilton and Victoria Avenue, Lincoln: two alternating lanes closed from May 6 at 9 p.m. until May 20 at 7 a.m. Highway 6 northbound ...[...]

The Alberta government offered no firm commitment ... Part of a larger project to realign Highway 2 and Highway 3 at Fort Macleod, the stage involves realignment of three kilometres of the ...[...]

A multi-vehicle crash shut down a highway north of Fort Saskatchewan in Sturgeon County ... More on Canada Alberta Health Services said EMS responded to the crash just after 11 a.m., where two ...[...]

Elsewhere in the province, RCMP in Slave Lake say a rapidly progressing forest fire in Canyon Creek has forced Highway 2 between Seppola Drive and Center Avenue to close, and that a larger stretch of ...[...]

Flood mitigation is Fort McMurray's largest and most expensive urban construction project. As of the end of 2023, the total price tag is expected to be more than $117.4 million. Budget 2024 included ...[...]

Residents of Saprae Creek east of Fort McMurray have been put on an evacuation alert late Sunday due to a wildfire spreading toward the community. '?Anyone in the Saprae Creek Estates area should be ...[...]

Piikani RCMP officials say a 47-year-old woman from Red Deer has been killed in a crash near Brockett ... motor vehicle collision on Highway 3 west of Fort Macleod. Officers from the Piikani ...[...]

You can get a glimpse of it just north of Fort McMurray, a former fur trading outpost in the Canadian province of Alberta. Just where the highway crosses the Athabasca ... mined, 2 tons (1.8 ...[...]

Border Park: Waterton sits in the extreme southwestern corner of Alberta ... take Highway 2 to Fort Macleod (102 miles, 164 kilometers), then turn west along Highway 3 for 60 miles (97 kilometers ...[...]

Located south of Fort McMurray, along the Highway 881 corridor in Alberta, Canada, the Chard Métis Nation is dedicated to prioritizing traditions and maintaining their connection to the land as ...[...]

RCMP said officers were on the scene of a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 825 near Boysdale Road ... More on Canada Alberta Health Services said EMS responded to the crash just after ...[...]

Border Park: Waterton sits in the extreme southwestern corner of Alberta ... take Highway 2 to Fort Macleod (102 miles, 164 kilometers), then turn west along Highway 3 for 60 miles (97 kilometers ...[...]

A severe thunderstorm produced the tornado in Alberta in July 2023, according to local weather officials. Forecasters warned of large hail and damaging winds as the supercell thunderstorm ...[...]

1:11 Saskatchewan's Highway 2 closed by RCMP following serious collision ... One has been identified as a 56-year-old male from Fort McMurray, Alberta, and the other has been identified as ...[...]

1:11 Saskatchewan's Highway 2 closed by RCMP following serious collision ... One has been identified as a 56-year-old male from Fort McMurray, Alberta, and the other has been identified as ...[...]

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces based in Edmonton ... of Highway 22, north of Highway 16. The largest fire in the area is EWF-031, which is about 82,666 hectares in size and located 14 ...[...]

Another accident at 338 ave crossing[...]