Alberta RCMP are advising motorists to avoid travelling on the QEII Highway between Airdrie and Red Deer due to deteriorating driving conditions, saying a serious crash has closed a section of the highway near Carstairs.

Source: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/travel-on-qeii-highway-between-calgary-and-red-deer-not-advised-amid-snowy-conditions-1.6292708

Dean Allan, deputy mayor of Carstairs, located about 13 kilometers (8 miles) south of Didsbury, said the twister passed between the two communities, damaging 12 homes.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/tornado-canadian-province-alberta-wrecked-homes-caused-injuries-100597575

His death mirrors that of PC George Taylor, who was killed with an axe while trying to apprehend two men who had escaped from the state mental hospital Carstairs in 1976.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23454715.call-honour-police-officers-killed-job/?ref=rss

Power lines near Carstairs, Alberta, just north of Calgary (Photo: TagaSanPedroAka/Public Domain).

Source: https://albertapolitics.ca/2023/08/thanks-klein-albertans-are-getting-hammered-as-deregulated-july-electricity-prices-jump-128-over-last-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thanks-klein-albertans-are-getting-hammered-as-deregulated-july-elect

Sisters Emma and Hayley Carstairs, and Emma’s husband Ash Amer were trying out a card game, with their children two-year-old Marian and eight-month-old Safi.

Source: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/this-is-the-busiest-ive-seen-it-the-guildhall-games-fest-returns-to-portsmouth-guildhall-for-2023-4014548

Vonnie Carstairs from Over the Bridge Events said the event was first intended to take place before lockdown.

Source: https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/young-bands-offered-rare-opportunity-at-kirkcaldy-teen-focused-gig-4225847