Here in Swift Current, Sk, about 2 hrs east of Medline Hat, they don't use salt, or plows other tan school bus routs .
My 1995 Club cab started to have a spot of rust in rear wheel wells, but that was after son in law bought it in Edmonton.
Medicine Hat seems to use some sugar beet ?? crap on the street, makes a hell of a mess.
The Dept of highways will use salt. or potash on the high way, but only if needed.
Sask Landing river hills can get real bad with ice.
When i bought a new Honda in 2008 the dealer was ranting about Ca / US car sales, no warranty across boarders.
The exchange rate on money was quite bad at the time, still is , about 25%
I do remember Ca $ was more than US $, but yrs ago.
For some reason, my cruise control read out on the dash is in MPH , not k/h maybe I could change it, but don't bother me as most stuff I had was m/h.