Alberta News

CALGARY — WestJet Airlines Ltd. says is removing Boeing's grounded 737 Max jet from flight schedules through June 24 following the manufacturer's latest guidance about regulatory approval for the plane to fly again.

CALGARY — Alberta's premier says Ottawa needs to do more to clamp down on opioid drug imports from places such as China.

BANFF, Alta. — Parks Canada has rejected a proposed gondola to take skiers and hikers from the Banff townsite to the summit at the Mount Norquay ski resort.

CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney says it's possible Alberta could close or relocate some supervised drug consumption sites.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — An Alberta man has died in a two-vehicle crash in southeastern British Columbia. RCMP say an eastbound transport truck collided with a westbound pickup truck on Monday evening on Highway 1 near Revelstoke.

The amount of unpaid property taxes that oil and gas companies owe Alberta rural municipalities has more than doubled over the last year, a trend some are calling a tax revolt.

TORONTO — Even the biggest pop stars might want to clear the Grammy Awards red carpet on Sunday when Northern Cree arrive dressed to impress.

CALGARY — The oil and gas industry needs to increase efforts to address climate change or risk becoming socially unacceptable and unprofitable, according to a new International Energy Agency report.

EDMONTON — An Edmonton-based retailer of wine, liquor, beer and cannabis is testing an ID-scanning technology used in nightclubs to address a growing number of thefts at its stores.

VANCOUVER — Indigenous leaders from British Columbia and Alberta who oppose Teck's Frontier mine say its impact will be felt by First Nations well beyond the site of the massive oilsands project.