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Our belated condolences to the family of Donald Gillespie, Swift Current, Sask., who passed away last year at age 92. Gillespie and his late wife Norah raised Herefords from 1964 onwards at their Mankota ranch. He began raising registered Herefords in 1977 with the DONORAH prefix. For the next 40 years, Gillespie showed and sold […] Read more

Condolences to Dwayne Congdon’s loved ones  Those of us at Canadian Cattlemen were sad to learn from the Bashaw Ag Society that Dwayne Congdon passed away. Congdon was a long-time chair of the Bashaw show committee and was the brave individual that took the reins from Bob Prestage as the announcer of the show activities […] Read more

Canadian Cattlemen has learned of the sudden passing of Dean Horn “Wet Willy” of Saskatoon, Sask. Horn, a well-known fixture at many cattle shows across Canada including Canadian Western Agribition, ran Wet Willy’s cattle washing services. He was raised on the family farm near Mildred, where he was involved in 4-H. He graduated from Spiritwood […] Read more

From all of us at Canadian Cattlemen, our condolences to the family and friends of Bernie Payne. We all lost a great one! The following is from an eulogy delivered by Jana Rutherford and Tara Koppel. It has been edited for space.  Bernard William Payne was born on January 22, 1936, in Lloydminster to George […] Read more