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A deadly vehicle collision near Gibbons is highlighting ongoing concerns around highway conditions. As Katherine Ludwig reports, Thursday’s fatal crash is not the first and people want to see changes to the roads.

The city of St-Bruno is urging Quebec’s transport ministry to improve traffic flow and enhance safety on Highway 30 by widening the busy South Shore autoroute. Although the expansion project has been identified as a priority, it could be nearly a decade before construction begins. Brayden Jagger Haines reports.

The dream is officially over for Canada’s men’s soccer team. They made it farther than ever in the world cup but their fairy tail run is over at the hands of Morocco three-nil. Mounties say around 6:20pm Friday. Officers were dispatched to a 9-1-1 call on highway 9 in Irricana, and found a male suspect....

Canadian patriotism on full display in Calgary. As Canada’s historic run at the FIFA world cup continues. Team Canada progressing through to the round of 16 with a dramatic win over South Africa. A woman has died following a collision on highway 1 – just two kilometers from the Banff park gates. As Calgary gets...

One man is dead and a 13-year-old boy is in hospital with serious injuries following a collision with a semi-truck on Highway 59 near the RM of Tache.

A new survey reveals a lot of Quebecers won’t be vacationing in the U.S. again this summer. Only four percent plan to travel south of the border according to CAA-Quebec. Local businesses at a small Quebec town near Vermont are the paying price because of the U.S. boycott and also due to the opening of...

Kawartha Lakes OPP say three people are dead following a collision involving a car and four motorcycles on Saturday evening near Omemee, just west of Peterborough. Emergency crews responded to the intersection of Highway 7 and New Heights Road where they say an 18-year-old man from Peterborough, who was driving the car, was pronounced dead...

Two men were taken to hospital after a violent home invasion in Mississauga near Highway 401 and Mavis Road overnight Wednesday. Global News has obtained dramatic surveillance footage showing one of the victims attempting to escape the home, only to be chased down by one of the suspects. While the victims are expected to recover,...

Residents of Baie D’Urfé are once again taking their municipality to task over traffic noise from Highway 20. For years, they’ve been asking for a sound barrier, and according to people who live near the highway, a recent town project has made the noise even worse.

Construction is beginning on an interchange at the intersection of the Perimeter Highway and Highway 3 near Oak Bluff.

A wildfire burning northwest of Calgary near Sundre has forced residents within a 10-kilometre radius of the Highway 734 and 584 intersection to evacuate. Officials say the fire has grown to more than 1,000 hectares, and is spreading rapidly due to strong winds. Crews on the ground and in the air continue working to contain...

A Trican oilfield crew bus rolled on a rural highway near Grande Prairie on Wednesday morning, resulting in four people suffering life-threatening injuries. The 13 others on board went to hospital as well, with less severe injuries. Sarah Ryan reports.

More than 100 people remain out of their homes in Woodlands County, where a wildfire is burning near Whitecourt and Highway 43. As Sarah Ryan explains, at least one home has been confirmed lost and others are left wondering about the fate of their own properties.

Edmonton gasoline prices soar overnight to near record-breaking levels. A stretch of the QEII is now 120 km/h as part of a test to see if Alberta highways can handle higher speeds. There are bears in Elk Island National Park and staff want more visitors to be aware of them.

Tributes are pouring in for a 33-year-old OPP Sergeant and member of the Golden Helmets precision motorcycle team who was killed in a crash on Highway 401 in Cobourg. The family of a Toronto woman stabbed 26 times is expressing outrage and fear after the Ontario Review Board granted “indirectly supervised” community access to the...

Members of the Ontario Provincial Police are mourning the loss of an officer that was killed in the line of duty, in a collision on Highway 401 near Cobourg on Monday. Sgt. Brandon Malcolm was a young and respected member of the OPP, who Commissioner Thomas Carrique says was taken way too soon. Lexy Benedict...

People stuck for a day in a snowstorm on Highway 63 near Fort McMurray are frustrated with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, the province and RCMP on what they say was a lack of emergency response. However, officials say emergency crews and plows were responding, but the high snow drifts also made it difficult....

Nearly 24 hours later, the road closures are still in place in a notoriously isolated area of Alberta. RCMP said whiteout conditions have led them to close Highway 63 northbound between Wandering River and Fort McMurray and both lanes of traffic south of Mariana Lake and Fort McMurray. Highway 811 is also closed, north of...

A teenager who caused a deadly head-on collision on Highway 48 has pleaded guilty – nearly one year after the crash that killed a young father and injured his three daughters. Toronto Police are offering a $25,000 reward for a suspect wanted in a string of violent jewelry store robberies, including the shooting of a...

Hundreds of people were stuck in whiteout blizzard conditions for nearly a day and a half on Highway 63. Some Fort McMurray locals banded together to collect donations of food, fuel and water to take to people stranded on the road. Katherine Ludwig reports.