Dollars for dogs: Alberta offers $300K to support service dog industry

Nine organizations that raise, train, test and place service dogs in Alberta homes will be on the receiving end of some additional funding from the UCP government. Officials announced Friday that the government was investing $300,000 in Alberta's service dog industry and taking steps to approve three new organizations to do business here. Jason Luan, Alberta's minister of community and social services, said in a release that the animals are extremely important to the Albertans they serve. "They