By: Marina Shenfield Like all of the best old westerns, it began with cowboys around a campfire. A small team of first responders from the Edmonton area were down south competing at the 2016 Calgary Police Rodeo. The team competed in every event except bull riding, and even brought home a buckle in the saddle…
By: Marina Shenfield As fate would have it, the Edmonton First Responder’s Rodeo Association is not the first time first responders and rodeo have crossed paths in Edmonton. The Edmonton Police Rodeo Association ran from 1983 until 1997 and was founded by Don Ogilvie, Ed Willis, Guy English, Harold McHardy, Scott Macleod, Ed Friesen, and…