Unpublished Newswire

Last December, Alberta rolled out its $29-million provincial border strategy in response to tariff threats from Donald Trump. But nearly one year later, Premier Danielle Smith says her government has learned the Coutts border crossing isn’t a hub of illicit activity — and that could lead to a focus on other areas.

A husband and wife travelling from British Columbia to Toronto for the holidays say they were prevented from boarding a Flair Airlines flight when they showed up at the gate with two dogs and their 10-month-old daughter. Ryan Coulson, an app developer, and Rebecca Bordeiasu, a grade-school teacher, booked their flight on Nov. 3 for a Dec. 12 departure from Abbotsford Airport, near their home in Langley, B.C. Their itinerary, shared with National Post, shows two adult passengers, an infant, and two pets in the cabin. But they say that when they arrived at the gate for the flight,...