Alberta News

Calgary police say they are investigating a fatal shooting in the southeast community of Forest Lawn. Officers were called to the area at about 5 a.m. Friday. They found a man suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound.

CALGARY — A judge has reserved his decision on bail for a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting women in Calgary.

CALGARY — Canadian Pacific Kansas City is continuing to push ahead with efforts to develop hydrogen power as an alternative fuel source for the railway industry. The Calgary-based company, dubbed CPKC as a result of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

EDMONTON — Police have charged a man in the slaying of a woman in Edmonton almost three decades ago. Officers were called to the apartment of 24-year-old Joanne Ghostkeeper on Christmas Day 1996. An autopsy determined she died by strangulation.

EDMONTON — The Opposition NDP says it will be watching to make sure advice to Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t grant her back-door permission to continue interfering in Alberta’s justice system.

CALGARY — Police in Calgary say they have arrested a youth in relation to a terrorism investigation. Details about the accused's identity are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

CALGARY — WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech says bringing Swoop and Sunwing Airlines under its banner won't lead to higher airfares as integrating the discount carriers will also tamp down costs.

CALGARY — Baytex Energy Corp. says it has closed its $2.9-billion acquisition of U.S. oil company Ranger Oil Corp. The deal, first announced in February, grows Calgary-based Baytex's presence in the Eagle Ford shale region of south Texas.

EDMONTON — The mayor of Yellowhead County in west central Alberta says it's been a wild few weeks in the area as residents deal with wildfires, rain and snow.

TSUUT'INA FIRST NATION — Police at a First Nation near Calgary say a man has died after a workplace accident. The Tsuut'ina Police Service says officers responded to a report of an injury on Tsuut'ina Nation.