{"id":59435,"date":"2018-01-16T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T01:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/?p=59435"},"modified":"2018-01-16T19:23:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T02:23:12","slug":"the-canadian-finals-rodeo-is-staying-in-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/?p=59435","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian Finals Rodeo Is Staying In Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Congratulations to Red Deer \u2013 the NEW Home of the CFR<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>EDMONTON, AB <\/strong>\u2013 For 44 years, Northlands produced the Canadian Finals Rodeo in the Northlands Coliseum and we sincerely thank the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association for their partnership and trust. Today we also congratulate Westerner Park and the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce for securing a new home for the CFR!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CFR has been an incredible event for the City of Edmonton for over four decades and although we are sad to see it go, we are very excited to that the future economic impact of the event will remain in the Province of Alberta for years to come.\u201d said Tim Reid, President &amp; CEO of Northlands.<\/p>\n<p>November will still be a focused on celebrating western culture in the City of Edmonton with Farmfair International as the keystone event. The regional growth of agriculture and western entertainment will lead to increased success for Central and Northern Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have heard time and again that Farmfair International is the marquee annual event in November for Edmonton \u2013 it drives agriculture, tourism and entertainment.\u201d Tim continues. \u201cWith stakeholders like Edmonton Tourism and the Oilers Entertainment Group offering to collaborate with Northlands to elevate the celebration of western heritage, we have every confidence that Farmfair will continue to grow and flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farmfair International runs November 7-11, 2018 at the Edmonton EXPO Centre. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/farmfairinternational.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">farmfairinternational.com<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddeerchamber.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.reddeerchamber.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/westernerpark.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">westernerpark.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Red Deer \u2013 the NEW Home of the CFR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59441,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59435\/revisions\/59441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}