Road Reports

Until April 15, Township Road 264, west of Balzac Boulevard and east of Range Road 294 will have temporary lane closures.

An incident involving a school bus that was previously reported to be in the ditch on the QEII, northbound, in the vicinity of the Stoney Trail turn-off and Balzac; has since been cleared. 

It appears that there were no students on board. Further north, a multi-vehicle collision northbound on the QEII, at the junction of Highway 27, near Olds has also been cleared. 

Mounties are continuing to urge motorists to drive with extreme caution, as they responded to scores of collisions on Wednesday evening.

"Alberta RCMP were kept busy yesterday responding to collisions across the province. Police report that on the QE II between Edmonton and Calgary, RCMP responded to 52 collisions, three resulting in injuries," police stated on Thursday.

An earlier collision in Airdrie at the intersection of Veterans Boulevard and 8 Street has been cleared. However, motorists are reminded that winter driving conditions remain in effect.

According to Alberta Mounties, police were kept busy yesterday responding to collisions across the province.

A multi-vehicle collision at the intersection of Veterans Boulevard and 8 Street is now cleared.

Eyewitnesses said that the portion of Veterans Boulevard past the intersection heading eastbound was partially blocked. There is no word on injuries. Emergency and tow truck crews were on the scene. 

Road conditions continue to be challenging in and around Airdrie, as a snowfall warning continues.

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, a long period of snowfall continues across southern Alberta with 10 to 30 centimeters of snow expected by Friday morning.

An earlier collision that occurred between a semi-truck and a pickup truck, east of Airdrie near Range Road 284 has been cleared.

Earlier, police were on the scene and a portion of the highway was briefly down to one lane. Minor injuries were involved.

The collision is one of several that police and first responders dealt with throughout the day on Wednesday.

Airdrie Mounties have cleared the scene of a two-vehicle collision at Highway 567, east of Airdrie near Range Road 284.

Police said that they were called to the scene shortly after 1 p.m. The collision appeared to be a semi-truck and a pickup truck.

"There were minor physical injuries," police said. 

Highway 567 had been reduced to single-lane traffic for a brief period, though has since re-opened. The collision is one of many that first responders have attended on Wednesday. 

An earlier collision on the QEII, northbound of Veterans Boulevard has been cleared. According to police, the collision involved a semi-truck that was previously blocking one northbound lane. 

Southbound lanes on the QEII, north of Airdrie have also been cleared. 

An earlier collision on the QEII, northbound of Veterans Boulevard has been cleared. Police previously said the collision involved a semi-truck that had been blocking one northbound lane. 

Southbound lanes on the QEII, north of Airdrie are also clear.  

"Alberta RCMP would like to remind the public that, when road conditions are less than ideal, it is best to slow down and drive to the conditions of the road and be mindful of emergency services assisting the scenes," police reminded.

Mounties have said that the QEII northbound, north of Veterans Boulevard is now clear after a collision involving a semi-truck.  Southbound QEII through Airdrie has also been cleared.

Police asked motorists to slow down, drive to winter conditions and be mindful of emergency crews that are on the scene. Road conditions continue to be icy and difficult as snow continues to fall.