When two girls, ages 14 and 15, died last month in an Edmonton hospital after taking pills they believed to be the dance-club drug Ecstasy there were rumours that the tablets had been laced with rat poison.

For 61 years, Las Damas has held its annual horseback-riding camp at Wickenburg-area ranches. This year, the Wickenburg-based all-women riding club will be staying at Cooper Ranch for five days from April 27-May 1.

A Guelph man is riding across Canada on horseback to help raise awareness and funds for the Sunshine Foundation of Canada. The charity makes dreams come true for children with severe physical disabilities and life-threatening illnesses.