On March 31, 2014, the private member’s bill C-571, introduced by Alex Atamanenko, MP (BC Southern Interior), underwent a second reading at Parliament.
The bill seeks an amendment to the Meat Inspection Act and the Safe Food for Canadians …
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A Guided Tour of Equine Anatomy is a dissection workshop offered to horse enthusiasts and professionals alike to help them understand equine anatomy first hand. Led by Ontario Veterinary College researcher and anatomy instructor, Dr. Jeff Thomason, this unique educational …
NWNHC Productions has announced the horsewomen selected to compete in the 2014 American Horsewoman’s Challenge. The list of competitors includes Mary Kitzmiller, runner-up in the 2014 Road to the Horse Wild Card competition, Mary Miller-Johnson, featured trainer on the “Mustang …
The Horse Council BC Awards Gala was held on March 8, 2014 to celebrate the athletes, coaches, horses, volunteers and all around amazing people
To promote Canada’s elite horse training talent ,” Alberta’s Rocking Heart Ranch Ltd. is looking for up and coming horse trainers
Equine Guelph is proud to announce the launch of a new audio podcast on their popular web site.
Equine Guelph has teamed up with Trot Radio’s Norm Borg and SSG Gloves to produce Research Radio, an online podcast updating you …
The Mane Event is coming to Westerner Park in Red Deer, Alberta, April 25-27, 2014.
Alberta’s largest equine event features an exciting roster of clinicians, including: Rob Gage, of Judge my Ride, for Jumping; Peggy Brown for Centered Driving/Centered Riding; …
On March 24th, a coalition of animal and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop the U.S. Forest Service from eliminating thousands of acres of protected territory and rounding up …
Val Sanford has seen first hand the negative effects of respiratory problems on horses’ performance in the show ring and on the trail.
Sanford, owner and manager of Copper T Warmblood Stables near Saskatoon, Sask., has a horse that suffers …
The All About Pets Show, featuring Ontario’s Mane Event, is an entertaining extravaganza for animal enthusiasts of all ages, featuring everything from cats and dogs, to horses, fish, and even reptiles.
On Easter weekend, April 18 -20, some 20,000 people …
Stem cell therapy at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) Health Sciences Centre is yielding promising results in the treatment of tendon injuries in horses.
Two horses are currently being treated using allogous stem cells – cells that were banked and …
Leading international equine welfare organization the Brooke has captured 80 years of its veterinary expertise in a pioneering book out this month.
The Working Equid Veterinary Manual is the first of its kind in the veterinary industry. Hundreds of copies …
Arrests and sit-in protests peppered the feral horse capture season this year as the (ESRD) issued three capture permits in January
Earlier this year, it was reported that the United States Congress would withhold federal funding for horse slaughter plant inspections in 2014. It has now been announced that president Barack Obama has extended the funding freeze until September 2015.
This …
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) has received reports of several cases of equine Strangles (S. equi sp. equi infection) in the Waterloo-Wellington County area. Strangles is not a reportable disease in the province of Ontario, however, …
