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Westlock vet warns to watch out for horsetail in bales

Highway 4 blockade at Coutts crossing leaves hauler far from home

A Foothills animal rescue is clinging to hope as a dog clings to life.

COUTTS, Alta. — Obscured by a veil of blowing snow, about 100 commercial trucks, vehicles and camper vans continued to block a busy U.S. border crossing Monday in protest of COVID-19 health measures.

A majority of Canadians say it's time to end all COVID-19 restrictions and let Canadians manage their own level of risk, according to a new survey released by the Angus Reid Institute on Monday.

CALGARY — A man accused in the hit-and-run death of a police officer pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder Monday, but the Crown rejected his offer to admit to manslaughter instead.

CALGARY — As widespread labour shortages force Canadian companies to re-evaluate their employee recruitment and retention practices, experts say pay transparency is increasingly in the spotlight.

“Due to your age and health conditions, you will not be obtaining work,” the parole board said in its decision.

'It's really not a feedback meeting, it's a 'Here, we're telling you stuff and you've got 10 minutes to ask some questions, but there's no answers to any of those questions,'' said Thorn.

COUTTS, Alta. — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a truck convoy that's blockaded a highway at a busy U.S. border crossing as part of a protest against vaccine mandates violates the province's Traffic Safety Act and must end immediately.