Rare Breeds Canada Rare Breeds Canada Rare Breeds Canada (RBC) is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to preserving rare breeds of Canadian livestock. The organization was founded in 1987. It focuses on the rare breeds of livestock originating in Canada, including varieties of horses, sheep, pigs, chickens and cows. RBC publishes a Rare Breeds Priority List that separates livestock breeds into "critical", "endangered", "vulnerable", "at risk" and "recovering" categories. To assist with the preservation of these breeds, RBC coordinates a breeding program which uses host farms to manage small breeding groups which are used to build new flocks of animals. As the new
Frank Thomas Shaver Frank Thomas Shaver Frank Thomas Shaver (10 February 1881 – 11 December 1969) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Osnabruck Centre, Ontario and became a merchant. Shaver attended the Morrisburg Collegiate Institute. He was one of the principals of the Jarvis and Shaver General Store. He was first elected to Parliament at the Stormont riding in the 1930 general election. After serving one term in the House of Commons, Shaver was defeated by Lionel Chevrier of the Liberal party in the 1935 federal election. Shaver made an unsuccessful bid as a