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• Engine failure, fire force WestJet Encore flight back to Calgary

  A WestJet Encore flight returned to Calgary on Wednesday after an engine failure and fire while heading north of the city.

  

• Funnel cloud spotted in Stettler area; Environment Canada issues brief warning

  Albertans in the central part of the province faced some very active weather on Wednesday afternoon.

  

• Sentencing arguments in hit-and-run death of Calgary police officer to be rescheduled

  Sentencing arguments in hit-and-run death of Calgary police officer to be rescheduled

  

• Candidate's win despite trans-feces comparison not surprising: Pride Lacombe

  The head of an LGBTQ group in central Alberta says he wasn't surprised a candidate who compared transgender students in schools to feces in food won her seat in Monday's provincial election, which saw the United Conservative Party win a majority government.

  

• Calgary-based biosand filter organization celebrating 30 years of providing clean water

  The Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) has 1.7 million of its biosand filters in communities all over the world.

• Suspect wanted in connection with recreational trailer fire in Medicine Hat

  Medicine Hat police are on the lookout for an arson suspect.

• Man allegedly arms himself with hatchets, barricades himself in Lethbridge home

  Lethbridge police have arrested a man who allegedly armed himself with hatchets and barricaded himself inside a northside home on Tuesday, later allegedly setting the home on fire.

• 'I heard a cracking noise': 16 children, 1 adult injured in platform collapse at Winnipeg's Fort Gibraltar

  Seventeen people – most of whom are young students – were hospitalized after a falling from a height during a field trip at Winnipeg's Fort Gibraltar. However, many of the children are now being discharged and sent home, according to an update from the hospital.

• Calgary's 4th Street Lilac Festival returns this weekend

  One of Calgary's most iconic street festivals takes place this weekend.

• Teenage boy dead after dirt bike crash near Alberta-Saskatchewan border

  A teenage boy is dead after a crash involving a dirt bike east of Edmonton on Tuesday.

• Free family-friendly festival returns to 17th Avenue S.W. with outdoor movies, music

  After a successful launch last year, a family-friendly festival featuring free outdoor movies, live bands and fitness classes is returning to Calgary's 17th Avenue.

• Plebiscite vote could allow liquor sales in Cardston, Alta.

  Results from a plebiscite question included on ballots in Cardston, Alta., could soon overturn the community's 100-year-old ban on liquor sales.

• Toronto Maple Leafs hire Brad Treliving as team's new GM

  The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Brad Treliving to be the team's new general manager. The team made the announcement Wednesday, less than two weeks after firing Kyle Dubas.

• 2 homes damaged in early morning fire in southeast Calgary

  Officials say an early morning fire in southeast Calgary is under control, but two homes were damaged.