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Hang on tight Red Deer! Here’s how you can get involved in the 2019 Canadian Finals Rodeo!!

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The 46th Canadian Finals Rodeo is less than a month away

Hang on tight, Red Deer.

Get ready for a Community, Untamed!

Get involved with the 46th Canadian Finals Rodeo and help showcase Red Deer’s down-home hospitality.

CFR and the events that surround it connects people with an untamed way of life, through high-stakes action, compelling competitors, and wild celebrations. This fall, over 43,000 CFR guests will be here in Red Deer for a good time, but not a long time. Let’s make them feel welcome during their stay in our Community, Untamed!

From October 29 – November 3, dress up your business, create a promotion or host an off-site event for community members and rodeo goers to enjoy! Think Chili Cook-Offs, Pancake Breakfasts, Pub Trivia Nights, or any other off-site event that engages our Rodeo fans.

In return for showing your CFR pride, you will receive a CFR Ambassador Package that includes:

  • CFR 46 Collectable Posters

  • CFR 46 Postcards

  • Event listing on cfrreddeer.ca, with over 8500 impressions per week.

  • 2 mentions on any of the official CFR Red Deer social media accountspotentially reaching over 9,400 of our online community members.

  • 1 Facebook event, co-hosted by CFR Red Deer. In 2018, CFR Facebook events reached over 150K Facebook users; leverage our 4800+ Facebook followers in addition to your own!

Click here to learn more about being part of our Community, Untamed.

Fill Your Boots with good feels.Rodeo is built on community. As a community, we not only celebrate our successes together, but we support each other when times get tough. At the Canadian Finals Rodeo, we are focused on giving back wherever we can, and this year we need your help!

With the weather getting colder and the days getting shorter, those without a home will face challenges this winter that many of us will never know. Socks are among the top requested items at housing shelters around the world, so we’ve partnered with our friends at The Mustard Seed to give back to the people who need it most. 

During CFR week, everyone can do their part by donating a pair of new, unused socks as part of our new Fill Your Boots initiative! CFR Ambassadors can help by holding space for a collection vessel in their business.

Branded socks, courtesy of Lammles, will also be available for purchase on-site at the Official CFR Merchandise Shop within the CFR Trade Show. Help us ensure the comfort of our community’s most vulnerable this winter! For more information and donation details, visit cfrreddeer.ca.

Volunteer at CFR 46.The Canadian Finals Rodeo Returns to Westerner Park this fall and we are seeking volunteers to help support this national event. The CFR has a long history of valuing volunteer efforts and we are now recruiting for multiple roles.

If you are interested in being a part of CFR46 visit http://www.cfrreddeer.ca/volunteer/and fill out an application form!

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This fall, the Canadian Finals Rodeo is set to return to Westerner Park in Red Deer, Alberta from October 29 – November 3, 2019. The six-day event brings together the very best athletes and fans from across the nation to witness champions competing for the highest honours in Canadian rodeo!

CFR performance tickets are available now!

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After 15 years as a TV reporter with Global and CBC and as news director of RDTV in Red Deer, Duane set out on his own 2008 as a visual storyteller. During this period, he became fascinated with a burgeoning online world and how it could better serve local communities. This fascination led to Todayville, launched in 2016.

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Big win for Alberta and Canada: Statement from Premier Smith

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Premier Danielle Smith issued the following statement on the April 2, 2025 U.S. tariff announcement:

“Today was an important win for Canada and Alberta, as it appears the United States has decided to uphold the majority of the free trade agreement (CUSMA) between our two nations. It also appears this will continue to be the case until after the Canadian federal election has concluded and the newly elected Canadian government is able to renegotiate CUSMA with the U.S. administration.

“This is precisely what I have been advocating for from the U.S. administration for months.

“It means that the majority of goods sold into the United States from Canada will have no tariffs applied to them, including zero per cent tariffs on energy, minerals, agricultural products, uranium, seafood, potash and host of other Canadian goods.

“There is still work to be done, of course. Unfortunately, tariffs previously announced by the United States on Canadian automobiles, steel and aluminum have not been removed. The efforts of premiers and the federal government should therefore shift towards removing or significantly reducing these remaining tariffs as we go forward and ensuring affected workers across Canada are generously supported until the situation is resolved.

“I again call on all involved in our national advocacy efforts to focus on diplomacy and persuasion while avoiding unnecessary escalation. Clearly, this strategy has been the most effective to this point.

“As it appears the worst of this tariff dispute is behind us (though there is still work to be done), it is my sincere hope that we, as Canadians, can abandon the disastrous policies that have made Canada vulnerable to and overly dependent on the United States, fast-track national resource corridors, get out of the way of provincial resource development and turn our country into an independent economic juggernaut and energy superpower.”

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Energy sector will fuel Alberta economy and Canada’s exports for many years to come

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From the Fraser Institute

By Jock Finlayson

By any measure, Alberta is an energy powerhouse—within Canada, but also on a global scale. In 2023, it produced 85 per cent of Canada’s oil and three-fifths of the country’s natural gas. Most of Canada’s oil reserves are in Alberta, along with a majority of natural gas reserves. Alberta is the beating heart of the Canadian energy economy. And energy, in turn, accounts for one-quarter of Canada’s international exports.

Consider some key facts about the province’s energy landscape, as noted in the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) 2023 annual report. Oil and natural gas production continued to rise (on a volume basis) in 2023, on the heels of steady increases over the preceding half decade. However, the dollar value of Alberta’s oil and gas production fell in 2023, as the surging prices recorded in 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine retreated. Capital spending in the province’s energy sector reached $30 billion in 2023, making it the leading driver of private-sector investment. And completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has opened new offshore export avenues for Canada’s oil industry and should boost Alberta’s energy production and exports going forward.

In a world striving to address climate change, Alberta’s hydrocarbon-heavy energy sector faces challenges. At some point, the world may start to consume less oil and, later, less natural gas (in absolute terms). But such “peak” consumption hasn’t arrived yet, nor does it appear imminent. While the demand for certain refined petroleum products is trending down in some advanced economies, particularly in Europe, we should take a broader global perspective when assessing energy demand and supply trends.

Looking at the worldwide picture, Goldman Sachs’ 2024 global energy forecast predicts that “oil usage will increase through 2034” thanks to strong demand in emerging markets and growing production of petrochemicals that depend on oil as the principal feedstock. Global demand for natural gas (including LNG) will also continue to increase, particularly since natural gas is the least carbon-intensive fossil fuel and more of it is being traded in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Against this backdrop, there are reasons to be optimistic about the prospects for Alberta’s energy sector, particularly if the federal government dials back some of the economically destructive energy and climate policies adopted by the last government. According to the AER’s “base case” forecast, overall energy output will expand over the next 10 years. Oilsands output is projected to grow modestly; natural gas production will also rise, in part due to greater demand for Alberta’s upstream gas from LNG operators in British Columbia.

The AER’s forecast also points to a positive trajectory for capital spending across the province’s energy sector. The agency sees annual investment rising from almost $30 billion to $40 billion by 2033. Most of this takes place in the oil and gas industry, but “emerging” energy resources and projects aimed at climate mitigation are expected to represent a bigger slice of energy-related capital spending going forward.

Like many other oil and gas producing jurisdictions, Alberta must navigate the bumpy journey to a lower-carbon future. But the world is set to remain dependent on fossil fuels for decades to come. This suggests the energy sector will continue to underpin not only the Alberta economy but also Canada’s export portfolio for the foreseeable future.

Jock Finlayson

Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
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