Reuters: Alberta will spend C$55 million ($54 million) this year to stem the spread of pine beetles, which have ravaged forests in neighboring British Columbia, the Alberta government said on Monday. The money will help remove trees already attacked by the tiny beetles or are considered at high risk, with the goal of having the infested trees removed before July when insects take flight. The insects lay their eggs in ponderosa and lodgepole pines and the larvae kill the trees by …