Author: Matthew Stepanic

Horse Fire Pit

One of the hottest features (pun intended) in backyards are fire pits. Cody and Kathy Alexander have gone a step further, taking one of their unique fire pit designs from beautiful to amazing;

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Urban Cowgirl

All photos by Adrien Guyot. From High Prairie, Alta., Samantha Stokes has been travelling almost non-stop in her role as Miss Rodeo Canada. In fact, she will be fresh off

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October/November 2016

Urban Cowgirl 2016 Miss Rodeo Canada Samantha Stokes models beautiful western fashion. Click here to view more! At Home with Gary fjellgaard Somewhere on the island with the multi-award-winning music legend.

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The Last Rodeo

The stands are all empty the crowds all gone home The last truckload of broncs is loaded and gone It feels kind of funny with nowhere to go At the

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Somewhere on the Island

With all of the music awards earned by Gary Fjellgaard over the years he has every right to be aloof, but the tall, willowy songwriter and consummate entertainer is as humble and unassuming as the simple

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Dean Brody’s Gypsy Road

Canadian country crooner Dean Brody has certainly come full circle in the last few years. With a recent Juno win under his belt, and multiple Canadian Country Music Awards, Brody

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Incredible Metal

At the 2016 Mane Event in Red Deer we saw these pieces of art that we just had to share with our readers. Only an artist can sift through the ashes

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Thurston Rules Calgary

For the second year in a row, Zeke Thurston won the saddle bronc riding at the Calgary Stampede. In an arena literally awash with rain, the young cowboy rode Wayne

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Priceless!

The Calgary Stampede’s 2016 poster is priceless — literally. Painted by multi-award-winning artist Michelle Grant of Calgary, Alta., the artwork features the horses from the Calgary Stampede’s Born to Buck breeding program. “When you

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Long Ears

To the great unwashed, mules are objects of ridicule when in fact, these incredible man-made creatures are a marvel of self-preservation. Perhaps we can lay the blame on early Hollywood.

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Cowboys for a Cure

Congratulations to rodeo photographer Slade Rogers of Calgary who was named the co-recipient of this year’s Cowboy Up Spirit Award, alongside the Tom Baker Cancer Centre. A retired bull rider

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