PHOTO: COURTESY WIKIPEDIA A wolf pack killed a horse at Parks Canada’s Ya Ha Tinda Ranch early this spring—reportedly the first time this has happened in the ranch’s 102-year history. According to Parks Canada, tracks showed the wolf pack came from Scalp Creek and travelled by a...
Pro Rodeo Canada Insider
Pete Fraser
Training Cattle, Part 2
Cowboy Poetry: The Range Cook’s “Holler”
Vacation Guide: Adventure Holidays 2019
The Heart of the Horse
This fall, attend The Heart of the Horse, an event designed to recognize the heart and remarkable abilities of both horse and trainer. Created by multi-award-winning Liberty and trick rider, Niki Flundra, The Heart of the Horse highlights the true art of horsemanship and Western culture through a colt-starting competition,...
Indian Relay Director Wins Big
Old Sun Indian Relay team, from left: Allison Redcrow, Cody Big Tobacco, Mark Big Tobacco, Racey Redcrow At the glittering Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, a short documentary called Fast Horse, a behind-the-scenes look at Cody Big Tobacco and the Old Sun Blackfoot Indian...
Empty Saddles: Vernon “Bud” Butterfield
1930-2019 Bud Butterfield only rodeoed for eight years, but in that time, he earned the record for the most Canadian championships in steer wrestling (6), and he also won steer decorating and steer wrestling at the Calgary Stampede in 1956, 1959, 1962 and 1963, a record...
Homes of the West
Rolling Hills Home
The wide veranda and sprawling wooden walkway stairs with their horseshoe-hung pole railings welcome visitors to Dale and Lacey...
Recipes From the Range
Deep Dish Chicken Pot Pie
By Don and Ingrid Brestler Serves 4 to 6 Spice Crust 3 cups all purpose flour 2 tbsp instant minced onion powder 1 tsp...
Trail Blazers
Chief Dan George, O.C.
PHOTOS COURTESY NICOLA VALLEY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES Chief Dan George rose from residential school to be...