MEET BELLA - ALPINE VIEW RESCUED PAWS

Bella

6 year old Great Dane mix, spayed and vaccines updated.

She is good with dogs, cats and kids, house trained and trustworthy in home.

Bella would do best being adopted with her housemate Jackson, however will be separated for the best outcome of them both.

More info here: Rescued Paws at Alpine Foundation | Dog Adoption Rescue | 240011 Range Road 260, AB, Canada

MEET JACKSON - ALPINE VIEW RESCUED PAWS

Jackson

Retriever/Coon mix

5 years old, will be nuetered, vaccines updated.

He is good with dogs, kids and cats in the home- but would chase a cat at large.

Housetrained and trustworthy in home.

Jackson will do best moving with his housemate Bella, however he would be separated if we cannot move them together.

Available for adoption, more info here: Rescued Paws at Alpine Foundation | Dog Adoption Rescue | 240011 Range Road 260, AB, Canada

Revamp coming for Canada’s national pig code

Canada’s Code of Practice for Care and Handling of Pigs is up for review, a process expected to be compete by 2028

Canada’s national pig code is getting an update.

‘We’ve launched the code of practice with the National Farm Animal Care Council,” said Stephen Heckbert, executive director of the Canadian Pork Council.

The Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs will be guided by the development process set out by the National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC), the spearheading body for Canada’s various livestock codes.

Construction begins at The Lakes of Muirfield

Wheatland County has begun infrastructure upgrades in The Lakes of Muirfield community.

Construction crews started work on June 16 and are expected to continue working through September. 

Reconstruction is scheduled for Township Road 252 from June 24 to July 8. Paving of the road is planned for Aug. 30.

Muirfield Close, Muirfield Crescent, and Muirfield Boulevard will undergo concrete work throughout June to July 31. Asphalt work on those roads is scheduled to take place from Aug. 7 to Sept. 18.

Border bill raises questions about expanded data sharing with U.S.: Citizen Lab

An organization that monitors the effect of information flows on human rights says the new federal border security bill appears to "roll out a welcome mat" for expanded data-sharing agreements with the United States and other countries.

Researchers with The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto say they want the federal government to reveal more about the information-sharing implications of the bill due to a possible risk to human rights.

Highlights from the G7 meeting in Kananaskis

Canada is hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has two days of meetings scheduled with world leaders, with discussion topics likely to include trade, the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East.

Here are some highlights from the first day of the summit. 

The countdown to a U.S.-Canada trade deal is on

Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to have a deal on a new economic and security relationship between Canada and the U.S. by mid-July.

My dad is better than your dad: who won the battle of TV dads?

A StrathmoreNow Father's Day poll revealed the best TV dad. 

The poll revealed that the majority of voters selected Tim Taylor from Home Improvement and George Cooper Sr. from Young Sheldon as the best fathers in television, tying with 10 votes each. 

With a total of 44 respondents, 9 votes went towards Bandit Heeler from Bluey (20.45 per cent).

Philip Banks from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air received 8 votes (18.18 per cent).

Health-care union calls for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines

A union representing 30,000 health-care workers in Alberta is calling on Premier Danielle Smith's government to reverse course and provide free COVID-19 vaccines to all front-line workers and any other Albertan who wants the shot.

The Health Sciences Association of Alberta says that is the best way to protect patients, reduce hospitalizations, and keep the health-care system strong.

Smith says the aim of the new policy, announced last week, is to prevent wastage, recover costs, and protect those who need it the most by giving them the COVID shot for free.