Jeff Robson, general manager of the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association, said there were so many cancellations that it was difficult for his organization to determine an official number
. All the association could do was count the ones that hadn’t cancelled yet: fewer than 10. Typically, a season would see approximately 55 CPRA events.
In Alberta, the Airdrie Pro Rodeo, the Bentley Fair and Rodeo, and the Benalto Fair and Stampede are among the latest to announce cancellations. Others such as the Olds Rodeo, southwest of Red Deer, and the Writing-On-Stone Rodeo, held in the provincial park of the same name, have yet to announce their plans, and some have rescheduled for the fall in the hopes that larger events will be permitted by then.
Rimbey is home to little more than 2,500 people, and cancelling the rodeo means it will miss out on visitors who contribute to the local economy; almost 1,000 spectators come to town for the three-day event. The rodeo is a non-profit, and they usually break even after donating proceeds to the area hospital and organizations such as 4-H groups and the agricultural society.
“Thank God we don’t have a battle like that to fight. We’ll be getting by this. … It just seems very hard right now.” Organizers would postpone to September if needed, she said, but the goal is to stick to their original date while adjusting to follow health guidelines. The province will allow gatherings of up to 30 as of June 8. Wood Mountain, located southwest of Regina not far from the U.S. border, has a population of 20.
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