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Pop quiz: You’re headed to Calgary for a culinary weekend. What are you going to eat? Beef, you say. Of course. Well, not exactly. Sure, the west is known as the beef headquarters of Canada, and the first time I visited Calgary, I ate so much of Alberta’s acclaimed AAA beef that I’m pretty sure I cleaned out at least one cattle ranch entirely on my own. But as it turns out,… Read More
By now, the images are etched in Canadians’ minds: the flood pouring through downtown Calgary, the washed out Stampede grounds, the faces of Calgarians as they watched their city sink underwater. And with the annual Stampede—by far Calgary’s biggest event and tourism draw—just days away and risking cancellation, it was like the tragedy had been magnified. And yet, despite all odds, the rodeo went on. Calgary may have just experienced one of… Read More
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