Road Reports

On Thursday evening, Calgary police said that over 20 hours after an incident in the East Village began, the incident had been safely resolved. 

Earlier in the day, the Calgary Police's social media feed on Facebook, said that an ongoing incident in the downtown core was 'for a person experiencing a mental health crisis.'

Due to an ongoing incident in the East Village area in Calgary, access to downtown will be significantly impacted today.

"Multiple bridges in the downtown area will be closed for emergency crews to work. There is no risk to the public at this time," a brief news release from The City of Calgary stated.

In a Thursday afternoon update, CPS stated that they were aware access to the downtown core continues to be significantly impacted.

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.