Trudeau Missing Calgary Stampede This Summer, His Only Absence Outside COVID-19 Years

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s summer campaign circuit will not include a stop at the Calgary Stampede. The annual 10-day rodeo and festival is usually a must-do event for politicians and Mr. Trudeau hasn’t missed a summer except for the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021. But his office confirms there will be no pancake flipping, cowboy-hat tipping or crowd-hopping for the prime minister this year. There was no immediate explanation provided for his absence. The Stampede officially begins on July 5 with a parade and runs until July 14. Mr. Trudeau’s office signalled he wasn’t going to attend in 2017, but after a gaffe—when he accidentally forgot to include Alberta in a list of provinces during his Canada Day speech—he showed up at the Stampede two weeks later....