Alberta News

CALGARY — WestJet is suspending a number of routes out of Halifax this winter. The Calgary-based carrier will suspend flights between Halifax and Montreal as of Oct. 28. Flights between Halifax and Sydney, N.S. will be suspended as of Nov.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — RCMP have laid charges against three more men connected to a blockade that paralyzed the United States border at Coutts, Alta., earlier this year, including one of the organizers.

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has rescinded the appointment of the head of its Human Rights Commission in a dispute stemming from a passage in a book review that has been criticized as Islamophobic.

CALGARY — More than a year after a man disappeared, Calgary police are hoping members of the public an help provide some answers. David-Alexandre Beliveau, who is 36, hasn't been seen since Sept. 4 of last year.

CALGARY — A newly released ranking of the Toronto Stock Exchange's top performers shows just how dominant Canadian oil and gas stocks have been in 2022 thanks to surging global energy demand and sky-high commodity prices.

Edmonton police say an officer was injured in a hit-and-run after trying to pull over a motorcyclist. Police say an officer was conducting traffic enforcement at a construction zone around 7:15 p.m.

EDMONTON — The smell of burning sage filled the banquet hall of an Edmonton hotel Wednesday as Indigenous elders, youth and women wearing colourful ribbon skirts listened to presenters at the first National Gathering on Unmarked Burials.

CALGARY — Canadian farmers are on track to produce a better crop this year, even as the memory of a punishing drought last year remains fresh in the Prairie provinces.

EDMONTON — Alberta has declared Monday will be a provincial day of mourning to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth, but it won't be a statutory holiday.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks signed American quarterback Taylor Cornelius to a two-year contract extension Wednesday. The deal keeps Cornelius with the CFL club through the 2024 season.