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Chondra Fox, a 23-year-old Jingle Dress dancer from the Kainai Nation, is the 2027 Calgary Stampede First Nations Princess. Her Blackfoot name, Naamitapiaakii, means Lone Woman. She’s the third woman from Kainai in a row to hold the title, which dates back to 1965. Here’s who she is, what it took to win, and how to see her, or book her, next year.
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The Alexander Spa Hotel opens at 300 Spring Creek Drive in Canmore in early 2027. Adults-only, 45 suites, a 13,000-square-foot spa, geothermal heating, and an underground tunnel to The Malcolm Hotel next door. It's the second of three hotels planned on land the Kernick family has owned since the 1920s.
Grande Prairie's Heritage Day celebration runs Saturday, August 1 at the Heritage Village, noon to 5 p.m. Heritage Day itself is Monday, August 3, when City Hall, the Eastlink Centre, Bonnetts Energy Centre and the Montrose Cultural Centre are all closed. Heritage Day also isn't a statutory holiday in Alberta, so your employer can schedule you to work it. Here is the full breakdown.
Post Malone's Saturday night show at Commonwealth Stadium was cancelled a few songs in when a severe thunderstorm swept into Edmonton, sending thousands of fans fleeing their seats to shelter in the concourse. The stage was reportedly damaged, streets flooded across the city, and fans are being refunded.
K-Days runs through July 26 and the cheapest days are the ones left. Free admission with an Edmonton Transit card on Transit Tuesday, free entry for seniors on Klondike Day July 23, community pancake breakfasts still running around the city, and free water stations across the grounds. Here's how to do the festival without paying the gate.
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— Jawaharlal Nehru