A dog named Hero lives up to his name and leads rescuers to his owner
CBC
For two days, a 61-year-old man in the southern Alberta town of Taber was stuck in a muddy ditch. Had it not been for his dog, officials say the man might have been there for much longer.
"It could have been a missing persons investigation that was reported to us," said Const. Austin Weersink with the Taber Police Service.
Instead, Hero, the man's Akita breed pet dog, led Weersink and emergency crews to where his owner had been stuck — far out of clear sight from the road, behind thick brush and grass and unable to move.
Police believe the 61-year-old man slipped and fell while walking his dog in the area, a location him and Hero both frequent.
Earlier that morning, police say they received a call about a large dog that was on the loose just north of the sugar refinery located in Taber, a town about 270 kilometres southeast of Calgary.
But when officers arrived to follow up, they couldn't locate the dog.
A few hours later, Taber police received another call regarding the same area. This time, it was a man who explained that him and his dog had been attacked by a large dog.
The dog who was responsible for the attack was Hero, Taber police said in a post to Facebook.
Weersink says he eventually found the dog and whistled to get Hero's attention.
Then, the police officer says he heard a loud cry for help.
"I looked to my left where the individual who had been attacked was sitting in his vehicle, but his window was [rolled] up," he said. "So I whistled again, and the shriek came again and said, 'Help, I'm down here.'"
Weersink called for Hero to be taken under control, then walked over to where he heard the scream coming from, which is where he found the 61-year-old man lying on his back.
"The tall grass ... the vision line from any sort of roadway, it's extremely tough to see someone in there," said the police officer.
The man was rescued from the ditch and taken to the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, Alta., after the incident.
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is getting rid of unlimited mental health benefits for staff, blaming ballooning costs and former administrators for implementing it without proper due diligence or oversight.
Netflix has agreed to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's TV and film studios and streaming division for $72 billion US, a deal that would hand control of one of Hollywood's most prized and oldest assets to the streaming pioneer that has upended the media industry.
CBC Calgary kicks off its annual Make the Season Kind campaign this morning at Fratello Coffee Roasters.
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador is kicking off its annual holiday campaign, helping to raise money to support local food banks.
If all goes according to plan, at 6 a.m. AT on Saturday people working at the IWK Health Centre will become the test case for a generational change to Nova Scotia’s health-care system.
One month after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced what he called "generational" military spending, New Brunswick’s defence ecosystem is on high alert.
Miranda Mirlycourtois, 34, looks directly at the camera and makes a confession.
Saskatoon city hall says police spending is projected to be $2.6 million over budget this year. That pushes the city into a $1.2-million deficit position, according to a report that will be considered by city council next week.
Students at the University of Regina are days away from deciding whether a newly formed student association should become their official representative body.
All public schools on P.E.I. are closed Friday and thousands of Maritime Electric customers are without power as strong winds create hazardous travel conditions across the province.
Prince Rupert, B.C., residents are celebrating the holidays this year with coastal flair.
In the four years Chelsey Simmonds has worked at the Eva Rothwell Centre, she has seen the need increase every year at the centre’s community food pantry.
CBC is once again looking to make the holiday season kind in Windsor-Essex.