Новости за 17.07.2016

On the Grounds: Transplanted Newfoundlander, and one-time Canadian Idol contestant, Jason Greeley is a Stampede favourite and will help wrap things up on the Nashville North stage leading the All-Star Nashville North Band. There are shows at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Off the Grounds: Mikey’s Juke Joint will wrap up its Stampede festivities with a […]

The album cover says it all. Montreal’s Simple Plan may have been developing its “new punk” sound for nearly two decades, but the irreverent sports-themed cover art of 2016’s Taking One for the Team suggests the act has no plans to move into the more serious, politically minded terrain of fellow pop-punk elder statesmen such as Green Day. After […]

The focus of the sporting world might be on Rio de Janeiro this August, but a first-hand Olympics experience is easily available to visitors to Calgary at the facilities used during the 1988 Olympic Winter Games.

Accounts of Sanjai Prasad’s death at the hands of police paint a picture of two decades of violence across two provinces, ending with him almost killing officers. But friends of Prasad, who also went by the nickname Kilo, say that’s not the man they knew, and not the man they choose to remember.

There were show tunes, a French aria, an elegant Smokey Robinson cover and even a crowd-pleasing yo-yo act. But in the end it was Lizzy Munson’s haunting and powerful cello-and-voice covers of Nirvana tunes, both of which were popular years before she was born, that picked up the $10,000 top prize at the Calgary Stampede Talent Search […]

Kirk Sutherland is looking for the clean sweep. The veteran driver was on the stage Friday night to pick up his Richard Cosgrave Memorial Award as the aggregate champ, as well as the keys to a new GMC truck. On Sunday, he’ll look to grab the big check. Sutherland’s Ghostpine Environmental rig was the fastest […]

Beneath the splatters of mud and rain, every chuckwagon at the Stampede on Saturday had the same three words emblazoned on their sides: Taliyah Leigh Marsman. The name, printed in bright white on a pink and purple ribbon, was there to honour the slain 5-year-old, the subject of a frantic 3-day search that ended in […]

Damien Prud’homme has a history of bold moves at Cowboys. It was at the club’s former 9th Avenue location, in January 2006, where he first met Stephanie Edwards and made a romantic connection, and on stage at Cowboys Dance Hall exactly 10 years later where he stunned her with a well-organized, surprise proposal. On Saturday, in front […]

Ryan Konynenbelt’s job is simple — sell everything at the highest possible price. But the style and the process how he and other auctioneers draw out the highest bidder vary from region to region and across countries and continents. Auctioneers from around the world get a chance to showcase their flare at competitions where judges […]

Timber Moore still has a shot at a roping repeat. Moore lassoed the $100,000 prize at the 2015 Calgary Stampede, and the tie-down tactician from Aubrey, Texas, booked a return ticket to Championship Sunday with the second-fastest clocking in Saturday’s mucky wildcard round. “Anytime you get a chance to rope or ride on Sunday, you’ve […]

She was tearing around the barrels at Stampede Park. And then she was tearing up. Just moments after her winning run in the wildcard round at the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, Mary Walker revealed to the jam-packed grandstand that she was racing with a heavy heart and an angel on her shoulder. Her son […]

Both the weather and the economy have been gloomy at this year’s Calgary Stampede, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reassured Albertans Saturday there are sunny days ahead for the province.  Trudeau’s Calgary lieutenant, meanwhile, dismissed former Conservative minister turned provincial leadership aspirant Jason Kenney as a divisive figure who failed to deliver for the city.  At the annual Stampede […]

Junior Turner has escaped the gruelling nature of training camp for two straight years. But when he donned the pads for the first time this season Saturday following off-season shoulder surgery, the veteran Calgary Stampeders defensive tackle couldn’t escape position coach Corey Mace’s wrath. “It was a good start,” an exhausted Turner wheezed Saturday at […]

The grind can now officially commence. After enjoying six full days off, the Calgary Stampeders are rested. They better be because it’s the last extended break they’ll get until the playoffs are on the horizon. Handed the unenviable scenario of their byes landing in Week 3 and the final week of the regular season in […]

With more storms in the forecast and attendance suffering, the Calgary Stampede is offering visitors unprecedented price breaks and an earlier opening Sunday. The fair’s final day will see admission free for all between 10 a.m. and noon. Half-price standing-room tickets for the rodeo finals and evening Grandstand Show will also be available on a first-come basis starting at 10 […]

It wasn’t even noon, but we drank rum and Cokes to toast to an old friend anyway. Not quite the way he drank them, mind you. His were a little stronger. But it was an appropriate tribute to honour someone who gave so much to the sport of rodeo, touched the lives of so many […]

In the wake of several heavily scrutinized incidents involving Calgary police – including a shooting Friday that left one man dead – the head of the police union says he's concerned about the public's perception of the city's officers.