Airdrie

Airdrie RCMP is requesting public assistance in locating missing 35-year-old Michael Savoie.

Savoie was last seen in the early hours of December 21, on Flett Drive in Airdrie. Michael’s family is concerned for his well-being.

Michael is described as:

A British Columbia community's "out-of-the-box" plan to ease its family doctor shortage by hiring physicians as city employees is sparking interest from across Canada, says Colwood Mayor Doug Kobayashi.

The mayor said the community has hired its first family doctor for a city-operated medical clinic, and the Victoria-area city is looking to hire seven more under the first-in-Canada pilot project.

The family doctors will be paid as community employees, receiving full medical benefits, vacation and a pension, he said.

An "overheated" immigration system that admitted record numbers of newcomers to the country has harmed Canada's decades-old consensus on the benefits of immigration, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said, as he reflected on the changes in his department in a year-end interview.

The system, he said, needed some discipline to get the country back on track.

According to the Alberta RCMP, several locations in the province had poor driving conditions last night.

"South of Calgary, freezing rain was causing extremely poor road conditions. On Highway 2 South of Highway 23, High River RCMP were responding to multiple collisions including jackknifed semi-trucks."

In many areas north of Red Deer, dense fog is significantly reducing visibility, leading to multiple collisions requiring police response.

If you are headed north this weekend for the holidays you could be in store for some slow downs.

Alberta RCMP advises of poor driving conditions on the QE II Highway between Leduc and Red Deer. RCMP have responded to several QE II collisions throughout the morning.

Icy patches were contributing to poor road conditions and they say travel is not recommended. 

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is adding eight fresh faces to his cabinet in a shuffle today, though they may not have much time in those new roles after all.

Just before Trudeau moved to shore up his front bench Friday, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh declared he is finally ready to vote down the government and attempt to trigger a snap election in the new year -- though Parliament won't return for a month and he may not get that chance until March.

The New Democrats will bring forward a non-confidence motion to bring down the Liberals in the next sitting of the House of Commons, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Friday.

In the latest blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's struggling Liberal government, Singh wrote a letter address to Canadians in which he doubled down on his call for Trudeau to resign but also said the NDP will vote to bring down the government, regardless of who is at its helm. 

Black ice was causing collisions and accidents between Airdrie and Cochrane.

According to reports, there was a collision on Highway 567 causing delays.

The same report also stated a vehicle may have gone over the guardrails at the coulee. Crews were on the scene but have since left.

Airdronians have been posting to social media warning others about black ice on secondary highways, please be aware and take your time.

Airdrie RCMP is requesting public assistance to locate a missing 14-year-old female youth.

AJ Corrine First Rider was last seen early this morning, in the Midtown neighbourhood in Airdrie.

According to RCMP, First Rider is described as:

Patchy freezing rain is forecast to impact Alberta early this morning, creating potentially hazardous conditions for commuters with holiday travel plans. 

Environment Canada warns that surfaces including highways, roads, sidewalks, and parking lots could quickly become icy and slippery, increasing the risk of accidents.

Travellers are advised to exercise caution and stay informed by monitoring updates and weather alerts issued by Environment Canada.

Areas under the warning include: