Canada

Camrose Spring Classic Pro Rodeo
[Mar. 23, 2009] CALGARY, ALTA. – It was a whirlwind of rodeo action at the Camrose Spring Classic Pro Rodeo, especially for the stock supplied by Outlaw Buckers Rodeo Corp. Sunday’s performance left all seven bull riders competing in the third round dusting off their chaps and going home empty-handed after hitting the dirt before their eight seconds were up. By Courtesy CPRA

CPRA press release ~ March 18, 2009
[Mar. 18, 2009] March 18, 2009 CALGARY, ALTA. –
Pull up your boots for this year’s Camrose Spring
Classic Rodeo! The action kicks off this Friday at the Camrose Regional
Exhibition grounds in Camrose, Alta., just 45 minutes from the Edmonton
International Airport, or a three-hour drive from Calgary.

CPRA Kicks Off 2009 Rodeo Season in Lethbridge
[Mar. 12, 2009] CALGARY, ALTA. – The Canadian Professional Rodeo Association (CPRA) springs into its 2009 season this weekend in Lethbridge, Alta. The Dodge Extreme Pro Rodeo will run March 13 and 14 at Lethbridge Exhibition Park. By Courtesy CPRA

Statue to honour Outlaw
[Jan. 23, 2009] Yes, you read it right. By spring of 2010, visitors to good old Cowtown will be able to feast their eyes on an enormous bronze sculpture of a terrifying bull in mid-rage.

Forget the Calgary Tower or the backdrop of the majestic Rockies. Soon, this 4.3-metre-high replica of one of nature's most formidable beasts will be a major attraction in the city's downtown

Country Singer Helps Community Futures Launch New Loans Products
[Jan. 15, 2009] If you haven't heard of Codie Prevost yet, you soon will. With two CDs and several country music awards to his name, he is clearly a man on the way to the top. But his path to fame and fortune started in a rather unusual place: at his local Community Futures office.

Cardston rodeo academy receives grant
[Dec. 29, 2008] Lindsay Blackett, Minister of Culture and Community Spirit, recently presented the Friends of the Westwind Rodeo Academy Society with a $500,000 cheque for construction of a new equine-assisted therapy and rodeo sports performance facility in Cardston.

Advertising works for aspiring country singer
[Dec. 22, 2008] An aspiring Canadian musician has caught the eye of one of country music's hottest stars by spending his life savings on a billboard in Nashville.

Canadian pioneer
[Dec. 17, 2008] People often confuse rare and unique. Rare is unusual or uncommon. Unique is the only one of its kind.

What Aaron Roy did at the 2008 World Finals qualifies as unique. He is the only Canadian to advance to the short-go at the PBR Finals.

Rodeo academy ropes in money from province
[Dec. 16, 2008] Lindsay Blackett could well have been called Minister of Culture and Christmas Spirit Monday as he fulfilled the wishes of several southern Alberta communities...n Cardston, he presented a cheque for $500,000 to the Westwind Rodeo Academy (WRA)

Made in Canada
[Dec. 16, 2008] Think fast. Name a famous Canadian or Canadian invention. Having trouble? Here’s just a few well-known Canucks who enjoy the same high profile in the United States as they do at home: NBC news anchor Brian Williams; actors Jim Carrey and William Shatner; or rock bands Rush and Nickelback. How about that BlackBerry stuck to your belt that you can’t tear yourself away from longer than 15 seconds? Yes, it’s made by a Canadian company, Research in Motion Ltd. In Houston, where about 15,000 Canadians live and work, products and people from north of the border can be found in places you might least expect. Here’s just a few exports to the Bayou City that are ...

Yee-haw for rodeo
[Dec. 15, 2008] Although the Liberals there long have had a reputation of being out of touch with rural residents, Mr. Taft is determined to do his part in ending the myth about "Redneck Alberta." So he is promoting the notion of making rodeo the provincial sport.

Durfey wins Canadian tie-down roping title
[Nov. 10, 2008] Tyson Durfey is a champion...He proved it again during six go-rounds of the Canadian Finals Rodeo over five days at the Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, placing four times and earning $26,452 in go-round paychecks. Durfey – who wears a pink Cinch shirt during each rodeo performance in an effort to raise money and awareness in the fight against breast cancer – won the championship for the second time in three years. By Ted Harbin

Canadian Champions Crowned at the 2008 Canadian Finals
[Nov. 10, 2008] The 2008 Canadian Finals Rodeo wrapped up Sunday, with the new Canadian Champions crowned in front of 15,422 fans. Bareback rider Kyle Bowers is the new Canadian champ. The Brooks, Alta. Cowboy also won Sunday’s go-round buckle, scoring an 88 on Kesler Rodeo Co.’s Street Dance. By Vicki Allen, CPRA

Titles Determined on Second-Last Night of the CFR
[Nov. 9, 2008] With one day left on the Canadian Finals Rodeo schedule, three titles have been determined and a fourth unofficially won in front of a sold-out crowd of 16,766. By Vicki Allen, CPRA