Christian, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran takes out a rescue horse, as social worker Marie-Pier Dusseault walks alongside, at Equi-Sens, a program which incorporates horses as a means of therapy for veterans facing post-traumatic stress, in Mirabel, Que., on Nov. 6, 2024. The Canadian Press/Christinne Musch
Canadian Army veterans are healing their psychological wounds with some help from equine friends.
Since starting equine therapy last June, Christian has regularly visited Mirabel’s Equi-Sens stable, about 33 kilometres north of Montreal, to see the horse that has helped him “to be at peace.”