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Dan Eddy, general manager of the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association, has been suspended with pay by the organization, pending an investigation of complaints made against him by office staff.

Former CPRA director Terry Cooke, who resigned Friday, said Eddy was suspended after the organization received complaint letters from about half a dozen CPRA employees. The suspension was made public on Saturday during the association’s annual general meeting in Airdrie, where the association office is also located. Cooke attended that meeting.

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Eddy was not at the meeting and did not immediately respond to a text request for comment.

The specific nature of the complaints is not known.

Cooke said an outside human relations firm will conduct an investigation of the complaints.

Eddy and his negotiating team has so far failed to find a home for the Canadian Finals Rodeo, which has been held in Edmonton since 1974. The 2016 CFR takes place in early November at what will by then be known as Northlands Coliseum. The contract with Northlands expires after that event.