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Police have advised that an incident on the QEII east of Carstairs ended just after 5 a.m. on Saturday, although Mounties said traffic would continue to be diverted as police remained on the scene to investigate.
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Police have advised that an incident on the QEII east of Carstairs ended just after 5 a.m. on Saturday, although Mounties said traffic would continue to be diverted as police remained on the scene to investigate.
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Alberta RCMP has advised that Southbound traffic on the QEII is now open after a police incident, east of Carstairs, shut down a portion of the highway early Saturday morning.  (File photo)
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An earlier police incident that occurred east of Carstairs has since been cleared and both the northbound and southbound lanes of the QEII near Township Road 301 and Highway 581 are re-opened to traffic. 

Earlier on Saturday, Alberta RCMP had advised that Southbound traffic on the QEII was open after the police incident, though northbound traffic was still being detoured earlier this morning.  

Mounties said that the police incident ended just after 5 a.m. on Saturday. Hours earlier, at approximately 1 a.m. Mounties said that they were responding to the incident.

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