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Wildfire smoke that hung over Toronto for several days cleared Friday, resulting in a notable improvement in air quality, while communities in northern Ontario and western Quebec saw pollution warnings and hazy skies.

CALGARY — WestJet says it will wind down its Swoop brand by late October as it integrates the budget carrier's operations into its main banner.

CANMORE, Alta. — A two-year old girl has died after she was reported missing at a campground west of Calgary.

CALGARY — There are some big heads on CFL practice fields this season. Players in four position groups were mandated to wear a product called Guardian Cap in training camp and padded practices.

CALGARY — Vernon Adams Jr. and Dominique Rhymes clicked early for the B.C. Lions in a 25-15 win over the Calgary Stampeders to open the CFL season Thursday. Rhymes caught two touchdown passes and totalled 100 receiving yards in the game.

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says the government is bringing in arson investigators from outside the province to trace the cause of some wildfires during an unprecedented season in Alberta.

EDMONTON — A self-styled spiritual leader and his wife are facing additional charges for alleged sexual assaults between 2012 and 2019.

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is playing down an earlier pledge to create a council of defeated Edmonton candidates to advise her.

EDMONTON — Stantec Inc. has signed a deal to buy Chicago-based engineering firm Environmental Systems Design Inc. (ESD). Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

EDMONTON — Alberta's highest court is being asked to overturn a review board decision that confined a man to a supervised Edmonton group home after the stabbing deaths of five young people at a Calgary house party.