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06/25/2025

The iconic Western Canadian Calgary Stampede is back for another ten-days from July 4 - 13 this year!

Bring the whole family to Stampede and celebrate with FREE fun for everyone on Family Day! Admission is free until 11 am on July 6th.

Plus, enjoy a FREE pancake breakfast in the GMC Stadium Courtyard from 8 - 10 am, while quantities last.

Get your hands on the Stampede Ride All Day Pass for your chance to get access to all Midway rides and games on Family Day!

Enter to win a pair of Ride All Day Passes here: https://bit.ly/44nQLQB

06/22/2025

Former cabinet minister John McCallum dead at 75.

Former Liberal cabinet minister and Ontario MP John McCallum had died, according to a statement from his family.

06/22/2025

Pilot and passenger die in plane crash near Vermilion, Alberta.

A pilot and passenger have died in a plane crash near an airport in central Alberta. RCMP say they were dispatched to the crash shortly after noon on Saturday, and the plane was located approximately 1.2 kilometres short of the local airport runway in Vermilion, Alta. Police say there were two occup...

06/22/2025

FedEx founder Fred Smith, a Marine Corps veteran who revolutionized package delivery, dies at 80.

Fred Smith, the FedEx Corp. founder who revolutionized the express delivery industry, has died, the company said. He was 80.

06/22/2025

Bank of Canada hoping for better look at ‘complicated’ inflation picture.

The Bank of Canada will get a fresh look at national inflation figures this week — a picture that's been particularly murky as of late amid tax changes and trade wars.

06/22/2025

Game 7: After a back-and-forth NBA Finals, it’s time for the Thunder and Pacers to decide the title.

Oklahoma City Thunder coach Mark Daigneault knows exactly why the NBA Finals are coming down to a Game 7.

06/22/2025

Carney travelling to Europe for security, defence talks with EU, NATO.

Mark Carney will depart for Europe on Sunday for back-to-back summits where he is expected to make major commitments for Canada on security and defence.

06/22/2025

New tool to challenge greenwashing claims goes live as companies weigh strategy.

It’s been a year now since a new law took effect that requires companies to back up their environmental claims, but there’s still a lot of unknowns about how the anti-greenwashing rules will play out. What is clear so far is that they’ve already reduced what companies are choosing to say abou...

06/22/2025

The recovered Bayesian superyacht takes its final journey to a Sicilian port.

A British-flagged luxury superyacht that sank off Sicily last year, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others, started its final trip Sunday, a day after recovery crews completed the complex operation to lift it out of the water.

06/22/2025

Hundreds protest in The Hague against NATO, days before the Dutch city hosts alliance summit.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hundreds of people protested Sunday against NATO and military spending and against a possible conflict with Iran, two days before a summit of the alliance in The Hague that is seeking to increase allies’ defense budgets. “Let’s invest in peace and sustainable en...

06/22/2025

Carney says Middle East ‘highly volatile’ after U.S. strikes Iran, calls for calm.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for de-escalation after the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites early Sunday.

06/22/2025

: U.S. inserts itself into Israel-Iran war and strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites.

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict. The decision to directly involve the ...