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Montreal Carriage Industry to Receive $500,000

Montreal’s horse-drawn carriage (calèche) industry is set to receive a half a million dollars in funding to help improve operations and regulate the safety of the horses and the public.

The decision was made by the Ville-Marie borough council last …

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OIE Global Conference on Animal Welfare

Over 400 participants, representing more than 100 countries, attended the recent the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Global Conference on Animal Welfare.

A draft global strategy on animal welfare was presented for the first time to serve as a …

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Lamaze Wins Rolex Top Ten Final

Canada’s Eric Lamaze claimed the €300,000 Rolex Top Ten Final riding his Rio Olympic bronze medal partner, Fine Lady 5 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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AEF Sending 1,500 Bales of Hay for Fort McMurray Equines

The Alberta Equestrian Federation (AEF) is sending 1,500 bales of hay to Fort McMurray on December 16, 2016, to help support Fort McMurray equine owners through the winter. The hay will help alleviate some of the feed costs over the …

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FEI Ranks Top-Ten in Olympic Social Media Study

Social media platforms have become indispensable communication channels for the Olympic movement and international sports federations. The recently-released document “The 2016 Social Media and Olympic Sport Ranking,” assembled by Burson-Marsteller / TSE Consulting, analysed the social media footprint of the …

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Atlantic Vet School Gets $127,000 Gift

The Equine Foundation of Canada (EFC) has donated $127,000 to the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown, PEI, toward the purchase of 10 pieces of veterinary equipment including an equine overground endoscope, wireless EKG, portable digital radiology system, portable shockwave system, …

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FEI Tosses WEG Top Four

The FEI has released its Jumping Rules for 2017, and notably absent is the section on the World Championship Final/Top Four to determine the individual championship that has been a unique feature since 1978 of the World Championships (and later …

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Equine World Stem Cell Summit

A bowed or torn tendon used to signify the likely end of a horse’s jumping or performance career. In recent years, however, there is another option that is positively changing outcomes – and much of the equine medical field as …

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Jump Canada Medal to Continue

Pamela Law, chair of Jump Canada (EC Jumping Committee), has advised that the Jump Canada Medal series “will be with us for the foreseeable future.”