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A wild sorrel Alberta yearling with a thick winter coat blends into a frozen bog west of Sundre, Alta.

Five of the eight doctors working at the Moose & Squirrel Medical Clinic in Sundre, Alta., have given written notice to their patients that they will be leaving to work elsewhere.

The clinic made the announcement on its Facebook page Sept. 4, and cited the provincial government's fraying relationship with family physicians as the catalyst.

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One of the physicians who will be ending her services at the Moose & Squirrel next spring is Dr. Carly Crewe.

She has been working there for the last five years — since she started practicing medicine, Crewe said. It was where she imagined spending the entirety of her career.

This made the decision especially painful.

"I really believe that I won't find colleagues and a culture and a staff that supports physicians … like that anywhere else when I leave. And so, it's a really, really heartbreaking decision to have to make," Crewe said.

"But it has come down after months of, really, my joy and my career being degraded … there has just been so much disrespect thrown our way, and I cannot remain in a province where my skills are not valued anymore."

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