Each year, many rodeo contestants look forward to the iconic Ponoka Stampede. With 2025 marking the year of the largest payouts in history and the addition of breakaway roping to the performances, the ...

2025 marks the 89th annual Ponoka Stampede. While it’s favored by many athletes, fans, and stock contractors, the recent announcement has athletes elated, as they’ve announced an increase in added ...

Professional breakaway keeps making strides towards their inclusion in major events. In the last few years, many rodeos have added breakaway roping to their performances. The Women's Professional ...

along with a few CBC staff members spent the morning at the Timber Café greeting guests and community members who came out for good coffee and a live radio show. was live at the 89th Ponoka Stampede, ...

PONOKA, ALBERTA — It was August 1983 at the Hand Hills Lake Stampede and Les McIntyre had just fallen out of his chuckwagon. As he remembers it, McIntyre had made a sharp turn, hit a competitor’s ...

The Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) made a HUGE announcement today for the world of breakaway roping. Breakaway has now been added to one of the most elite and well known rodeos in the ...