RCMP looking for help naming puppies
The RCMP needs help naming a new batch of police puppies.
Children or youths can submit names for 10 German Shepherd puppies born at the Police Dog Service Training Centre near Innisfail, Alta., the canine unit’s national training centre.
- Contestants are limited to one entry and the name should be suitable for a working dog.
- The name may be for a male or a female pup.
- The name must start with the letter “G.”
- The name must have no more than nine letters.
- The name must be one or two syllables.
- Contestants must live in Canada and be 16 years old or younger.
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Those interested can enter online at www.rcmp-grc.ca/depot/pdstc-cdcp/name-the-puppy-nomme-le-chiot-eng.htm.
They can also email the child’s name, age, address, telephone number and the suggested name for a puppy to pdstc-cdcp@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or send a postcard or letter to: Attention: Name the Puppy Contest, Police Dog Service Training Centre, Box 6120, Innisfail, Alta., T4G 1S8.
Be sure to print the child’s name, age, address, telephone number and the suggested name for a puppy.
Children can also send drawings and paintings with their entries. Names not selected for the contest will be considered for other puppies born during the year.
The deadline for entries is March 5, and winners will be announced April 15.
4-H SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED
4-H Canada recently announced the recipients of the Larry Milton Campbell Memorial 4-H Scholar-ship.
4-H members Connor Morse of Kingston, N.S., and Hayley Schuddemat of Melita, Man., will each receive $2,500 in scholarship funding.
The Canadian Meat Council worked with 4-H Canada to sponsor the program.
This is the first of three years planned for the scholarship with a total of $15,000 in scholarship funds to be awarded to six members.
4-H members must be entering a Canadian university in a program related to food, meat or animal science.
The scholarship program honours the lifelong dedication to the livestock and meat sector of the late Larry Milton Campbell. An ardent 4-Her, Campbell grew up on a farm near London, Ont., and graduated from the Ontario Agriculture College in 1963.
He began working for the Canadian Meat Council in 1967 and retired in July 2005.
Equine Canada gets market development funding
The federal government announced $483,650 in funding for Equine Canada to help develop export markets with potential for long-term sales of Canadian bred horses and genetics.
Equine Canada plans to lead missions and host visitors from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China and South Africa and also plans to hold a PanAmerican Showcase during the PanAm Games in Toronto in 2015.
Pulse growers hires interim executive director
The Manitoba Pulse Growers Association has appointed Francois Labelle its interim executive director.
He will be responsible for market development, policy, research, communication, liaison and strategic planning.
Labelle has 35 years of experience producing, marketing and processing pulse crops.
He has been active on several boards, including the Prairie Fruit Growers Association, the Canadian Special Crops Association and Pulse Canada.
He was also a founding director of the Manitoba Pulse Growers Association in 1984.
Holsteins have record year
Holstein Canada set new records last year for animal registrations, classifications, herd visits and genomic tests.
The number of registrations grew by 1.7 percent from 2012, up 4,829 to 285,449.
The number of animals that were genomic tested increased by 41.3 percent from 2012, up 4,300 to 14,712 from 10,412.
There was also a 5.4 percent growth reported in classification services last year. Holstein Canada classified 266,578 animals, which was 13,736 more animals than in 2012.
The number of herd visits also increased to 16,999, up 5.2 percent from 2012.
Holstein Canada has 10,798 members.
Participants needed for turkey survey
Turkey Farmers of Canada and On-farm Program Auditors are conducting the Turkey Producer Antimicrobial Use Survey to gather on-farm information.
The goal is to collect information about the types of antimicrobials used in feed or water, dosages, veterinary-client-relationships and the reasons for use.
Participation is voluntary and confidential.
