Beyond Local

CALGARY — WestJet Airlines is asking the federal government to allow airlines to recover passenger compensation costs from other aviation industry partners, if it believes those partners played a role in causing flight delays or disruptions.

CALGARY — A man has been taken to hospital in life-threatening condition and two others are in custody after a shooting on a Calgary Transit bus in the city's downtown.

SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. — RCMP are investigating the sudden deaths of two girls who were found in a hotel room in central Alberta. Police said Wednesday the dead include a 12-year-old girl from Sylvan Lake and a 13-year-old girl from Red Deer.

CALGARY — One man died and a second person was injured last night after a shooting in a neighbourhood immediately north of Calgary's downtown. The shooting near a grocery store in the Kensington business district around 9:30 p.m. resulted in a major police response, including a helicopter circling the area.

Smith talks family doctor shortage, privatization, surgery backlogs and matters of trust, to a packed house at the St. Albert Seniors Association.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Prairie premiers of distorting the words of his justice minister after comments David Lametti made at a meeting of Assembly of First Nations chiefs last week.

OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives are asking Twitter to apply a "government-funded" label on accounts associated with the CBC, even as other broadcasters decry the tag for not making clear their editorial independence.

WINNIPEG — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is encouraging provinces and territories to step up reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples but stopped short of saying they should make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, commonly called Or

OTTAWA — NDP health critic Don Davies says dental benefits for Indigenous people should be improved if the new national dental insurance plan offers better or more accessible services.

CALGARY — A man accused of targeting women in Calgary's sex trade is to be back before a judge Friday as his case makes its way through the courts.