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EDMONTON — Flair Airlines says it is launching a unique pilot training program that will see applicants placed in the cockpit of one of the company's Boeing 737 jets within 18 months.

CALGARY — A Canadian company that is pioneering the use of direct air capture technology to remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere has been acquired by U.S. oil company Occidental Petroleum. The US$1.1-billion deal will see Squamish, СÀ¶ÊÓƵ

CALGARY — An audit to address gaps in pay equity, a reworked recruitment strategy and ensuring Indigenous representation in event bids are among the deliverables in a diversity and inclusion report released by Hockey Canada.

CALGARY — Shaquille Richardson is back for a second stint with the Calgary Stampeders. The CFL club announced Wednesday that it has signed the veteran defensive back.

FORT SMITH, NWT — Firefighters will be watching the skies over the next couple of days hoping for help from Mother Nature as wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary continue to force evacuations. Thousands of N.W.T.

CALGARY — Alberta's largest city has brought in some outdoor water restrictions due to record low flows in the Bow and Elbow rivers that supply it and other downstream communities across the Prairies.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton business owner who forked out $16,000 in a government-sponsored bidding war for a life-size donair costume says it was all about keeping the meat suit from being desecrated by lettuce-rejecting Maritimers.

EDMONTON — In the midst of a 13-game losing streak, and a 22-game home losing skid, the Edmonton Elks announced Tuesday that Victor Cui is out as the team’s president and chief executive officer.

CALGARY — The man hired to turn around the flagging fortunes of Suncor Energy Inc. said Tuesday he believes the company has been too focused in recent years on the energy transition and must get back to an oil-centred business strategy.

Statistics Canada says a spike in the amount Albertans paid for electricity last month counteracted an overall decline in energy prices in July — and was one of the key reasons cited by the agency as the overall inflation rate ticked up.