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Publication Date: June 9, 2026 - 19:49
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What does the Texas livestock ban mean for Alberta rodeos?
June 9, 2026
Livestock that have been in Texas within the past 21 days won't be allowed to enter Canada due to screwworms, but Lone Star State rodeo athletes aren’t willing to let the flesh-eating parasite stop them from competing in Canadian events — including the Calgary Stampede, one of the most lucrative rodeos in the world.
For 15 years in the 1980s and ‘90s, pedestrians navigating the underpass at Rideau Street and Colonel By Drive were met by Terry Fox. Read More
July 4, 2026 - 04:00 | Bruce Deachman | Ottawa Citizen
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July 4, 2026 - 04:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
My heart goes out to the organisers of the Canada Day festivities. This has to be a major emotional let down. I was director of events at the NCC in the 80's and I remember very well, the days prior to July 1, the great degree of anxieties we all lived through at the office. A whole year of planning, searching the country for artists and ideas — too many activities to list in this short note. We were constantly glued to the weather forecasts. So many commitments with artists, suppliers, stage managers/workers, Parliament Hill set up (no LeBreton Flats then), hundreds of volunteers etc.,...
July 4, 2026 - 04:00 | Robert Hiltz | Ottawa Citizen





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