Yahoo! Calgary Stampede ramps up with first pancake breakfasts, Sneak-A-Peek
With the first full-scale Calgary Stampede rapidly approaching, some Calgarians are getting into the spirit a little early.

With the first full-scale Calgary Stampede rapidly approaching, some Calgarians are getting into the spirit a little early.
The rides are going up, concession stands are waiting, stuffed animals are displayed at games tables and the Calgary Stampede is raring to go Friday in its first return to full capacity since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Significant storm risk in Alberta Thursday afternoon; Calgary included.
The Stampede Art Show is a long running event at the greatest outdoor show on earth and artists are setting up their booths for when the gates open.
Officials with the City of Calgary are looking for public input as they plan for a major redesign of the Memorial Park Corridor.
Kaley Biggar got a big surprise from singer Shawn Mendes after missing his Calgary concert.
A 27-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of his co-worker at a McDonald's in Sundre, Alta.
The Calgary Humane Society has a baby goat up for adoption, and no, we aren't kidding.
Lethbridge Fire and Emergency Services gained 12 new members on Tuesday who graduated from the 2022 recruit class.
The owner of Fisher Diesel, 40-year-old Grant Ryan Stevenson of Stirling, Alta., faces 62 charges.
Canada Day is back and bigger than ever in Lethbridge.
With a hot Canada Day in the long weekend forecast, a float down the Oldman River is one of the best ways to beat the heat in Lethbridge.
Lethbridge police say charges have been laid against two men in connection with an attack on a 19-year-old man on Wednesday.
Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating how a Toronto construction worker ended up hanging from a crane. Adrian Ghobrial reports.
Canada is headed towards a moderate recession, but the economic contraction is expected to be short-lived compared to previous recessions, economists with Royal Bank of Canada predict.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday amid a mass revolt by top members of his government, marking an end to three tumultuous years in power in which he brazenly bent and sometimes broke the rules of British politics.
A Quebec man who fell and broke his jaw, cheekbone and a bone around his left eye while visiting British Columbia says his surgery was cancelled after he was told his home province “won't pay” for the procedure.
The Commissioner of Canada Elections' office says it has received and is reviewing information related to the allegations raised by the Conservative Party of Canada that now-disqualified leadership contender Patrick Brown's campaign violated federal election financing rules.
Boris Johnson was due to resign as Britain's prime minister on Thursday, bringing an end to a turbulent two and half years in office and triggering a search for a new leader.
Five men are being hailed as heroes by the Ontario Provincial Police after saving a man from a burning vehicle on a Toronto-area highway earlier this week.
Several vaccine manufacturers are racing to develop formulas that take into account the more infectious Omicron variant now driving cases, while policymakers are laying the groundwork for another large-scale vaccine blitz.
As concerns grow that Canada's red-hot real estate market may be starting to cool, one real estate agent in Toronto says that some homeowners in the city are becoming increasingly 'desperate to sell right now.'
With donations of cadavers falling, medical students may lack 'fundamental knowledge' of human anatomy, says a UBC medical professor.
Real estate agent Brett Stein says that some buyers are desperate to sell their properties because they've already bought a new house.