Equinews

Manitoba Horse Council News for Spring 2022

Updated:

March 25, 2022

It’s risky business, the horse business, at any time. As competition season starts to open again it’s time to take stock of where we were last year, and how far we’ve come since.

Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association News for Spring 2022

Updated:

March 25, 2022

By Christine Ross, CanTRA Vice President

CanTRA Equine Facilitated Wellness

The last two years have been difficult and everyone has been impacted in some way by the pandemic. Every aspect of our health and well-being has been challenged. The consequence is that the demand for equine facilitated wellness programming has been high. The Canadian Therapeutic Riding Association (CanTRA) is “stepping up to the plate” and has developed a new CanTRA Equine Facilitated Wellness (EFW) program.

Horse Council BC News Spring 2022

Updated:

March 25, 2022

Funding opportunities, BC Equestrian Trailers Fund, 2021 HCBC Award Winners, 2022 BC Summer Games, 2022 55+ BC Games in Victoria

BC’s Flooding and Heat Dome Among Most Devastating Climate Events of 2021

Updated:

March 24, 2022

bc flooding horses, rescuing horses disaster, helicopter horse rescue, climate change horse industry, lytton fire horses, merrit bc horses farms flooding

The Environment and Climate Change Canada website lists the top ten weather stories of 2021. Topping the list is the extreme heat (Record Heat Under the Dome) that hit the province of British Columbia in June and is described as the deadliest weather event in Canadian history. Second on the list is BC’s Flood of Floods in November. These two climate events were also ranked among the world’s most devastating this year.