QEII

• 120 km/h speed limit begins testing on stretch of QEII south of Leduc

  A small stretch of Alberta's busiest highway south of Edmonton is getting a speed limit increase as part of a test to see if more divided highway in the province should allow it.

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  Apr 29
  
• RCMP arrest and charge 18-year-old in QEII drive-by shooting that killed driver

  Alberta RCMP have arrested an 18-year-old man and charged him with second-degree murder following a brazen daylight shooting on the QEII near Leduc earlier this month.

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  Mar 24
  
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• ‘Heinous act’: Truck found, but no arrests in QEII shooting that killed Edmonton man

  Alberta RCMP say they have located a Grey 2022 Ford F-150 involved in the fatal highway shooting of an Edmonton man earlier this month. The suspect remains at large.

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  Mar 23
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• Passengers recount QEII drive-by shooting that killed Edmonton man: ‘No one deserves this’

  Three childhood friends were on a trip from Edmonton to Banff when their car was shot at while they drove down the QEII south of Leduc, killing 22-year-old Birinder Singh.

  Crime

  Mar 17
• Driver dead following drive-by shooting on QEII near Leduc

  Alberta RCMP say just before 3 p.m. Saturday, a pickup truck pulled up beside a Honda Civic on the QEII and a gun was fired, resulting in the death of the car's driver.

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  Mar 15
• Innisfail Mountie in hospital after alleged drunk driver hits cruiser on QEII

  An Edmonton woman has been charged with impaired and dangerous driving after an RCMP officer parked on the side of the QEII after responding to a crash was himself also hit.

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  Feb 27
• Alberta to launch trial in 2026 increasing some rural highway speeds to 120 km/h

  The Alberta government will go ahead next year with a trial to up the speed limit on some rural divided highways to 120 kilometres per hour.

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  Dec 19, 2025
• ‘A crime scene’: 3 hospital workers hurt by patient at Halifax emergency room

  Three employees at the QEII Emergency and Trauma Centre in Halifax were hurt by a patient Wednesday in what Nova Scotia's health minister is calling a "serious incident."

  Crime

  Jan 29, 2025
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• 1 dead, several others injured in 4-vehicle crash on QEII south of Edmonton

  A fatal crash south of Edmonton on the QEII Friday afternoon left one person dead, sent several others to hospital and shut down a section of Alberta's busiest highway.

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  Aug 9, 2024
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• No injuries reported after semi-tractor trailer fire along QEII: RCMP

  Nobody was injured after a fire involving a semi-tractor trailer unit that forced the closure of northbound lanes along the QEII highway on Friday.

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  Jun 21, 2024