How CVS Controls Founder Lyle Kurtz Changed Canadian Rodeo Forever
Unbridled and Legendary: Equine StoriesShow Notes
What does it actually take to build something that lasts nearly 50 years and then hand it off to the next generation without losing a single step? Lyle Kurtz didn't set out to become one of the most quietly influential figures in Canadian rodeo history. He was a Saskatchewan ranch kid who came to Alberta for the oil and gas industry, spotted an opportunity, and launched CVS Controls with his wife Marie on August 13, 1978, with no money, one handshake deal struck on a Mediterranean...
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