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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.

'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.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for COVID-19, days after revealing he was isolating after one of his three children contracted the virus.

OTTAWA — The federal government ran a budget deficit of $73.7 billion for the April to November period of the current fiscal year. The Finance Department says the result compared with a deficit of $232 billion in the same period a year earlier.