Alberta Fact Check: Is the independence movement ruining the Calgary Stampede?

Subhead:The Calgary Stampede has been a resounding success this year by all metrics.#   A foreboding headline from Global News stated, “Alberta separation referendum looms over Calgary Stampede.” Is this the case? Are folks heading to the midway, the rodeo or the party tents morosely dejected because a non-binding referendum is to be held in Alberta in October? Global News reporters spoke to several federalist activists in the piece who naturally spoke about the unity issue, but it didn’t indicate a pall hanging over the massive annual event. They didn’t take time to speak to people on the ground. Or perhaps they did but just didn’t get the answers they wanted as a hook for the angle they were trying to create. Politicians...

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