One of Alberta’s largest agricultural societies has announced it is getting out of horse racing.
Tim Reid, Northlands chief executive officer, said this would be the last year of horse racing at Northland’s racetrack in Edmonton.
The facility will become an athletic complex with seven sheets of ice across two levels, with the ability to be converted to host other indoor sports
![Conservative agriculture critic and Alberta Foothills MP John Barlow said some [people who raise horses for the overseas meat market] were harassed and bullied and wanted no part of the study, even though they could lose their livelihood if the bill is passed. | File photo](https://static.producer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/30150023/03-BJM121610horse-feedlot-235x165.jpg)
