Airdrie

Before the rodeo thunders and the midway lights up, Calgary’s mornings start with a griddle, a cowboy hat, and a plate of flapjacks.

The Stampede breakfast tradition is older than the Midway’s wildest ride — and in 2025, it’s still going strong with dozens of free breakfasts across Calgary, Airdrie, Okotoks, and Rocky View County.

Wellspring’s 11th annual Firefighter Stairclimb Challenge takes place at Brookfield Place in Calgary on Sunday. The climb is held inside Calgary’s tallest tower, with more than 80 fire departments expected to participate, including crews from Airdrie, Calgary, Crossfield, Carstairs, Cochrane, Beiseker, Didsbury and Rocky View County.

"Trailer Trash", a new comedy docuseries from Prime Video, follows two unapologetically Canadian brothers from Alberta and owners of Young Farts RV Parts, Jagger and Dawson, who have "gone viral with millions of views of their DIY videos on TikTok showcasing their favourite pursuits: drinking beers, smoking darts, and turning old RVs into cash."

The series was one of several announced May 29 during Prime Video’s inaugural Amazon Upfronts in Canada. It is executive produced by Jacob Tierney ("Letterkenny", "Shoresy") in partnership with Lionsgate Canada.

The Liberal government has introduced legislation aimed at cutting down barriers to internal trade by recognizing provincial and territorial rules at the federal level.

Officials who briefed reporters this morning say the goal is to reduce the number of redundant standards across the country.

They say that, for example, a company that produces washing machines that meet a provincial energy efficiency standard won't have to meet a separate federal standard to sell outside that province.

In 2023, as Canada suffered through its worst-ever wildfire season, the federal government was looking at creating a national disaster response agency.

Two years later, the country is again facing another summer of wildfires. There is still no sign of such an agency, though governments are tapping the private sector to help with evacuations.

Ali Asgary, a York University professor of disaster and emergency management, said the work to establish a national agency is "unfortunately … not going as fast as our crises are going."

A fuel tanker fire that shut down westbound Highway 1 at Stoney Trail NW on Thursday has been cleared, according to 511 Alberta.

At 10:44 p.m., 511 Alberta reported the westbound collision near the Stoney Trail NW junction had been cleared.

Earlier in the day, Calgary police said all four westbound lanes of Highway 1 from Stoney Trail NW were closed due to a fuel tanker fire. Traffic was being diverted from Highway 1 onto northbound and southbound Stoney Trail.

Airdrie city council has endorsed a notice of motion to embed the city’s $25 youth summer transit pass in its User Fees and Charges Policy, directing staff to prepare an amendment that would formalize the reduced summer fare — for July and August only — and ask that council consider reviewing the fee each year.

The motion, brought forward by Deputy Mayor Candice Kolson on June 3, aims to make permanent a long-running seasonal subsidy that had never been written into the city’s user fee schedule.

A fuel tanker fire that shut down westbound Highway 1 at Stoney Trail NW on Thursday has been cleared, according to 511 Alberta.

At 10:44 p.m., 511 Alberta reported the incident had been cleared westbound past the junction with Stoney Trail NW.

Earlier in the day, Calgary police said all four westbound lanes of Highway 1 from Stoney Trail NW were closed and that traffic was being diverted from Highway 1 onto northbound and southbound Stoney Trail.

RCMP detachments in Airdrie and Olds issued summer road safety reminders Tuesday, urging Albertans to stay alert as warm weather brings more cyclists — and as school buses continue to operate through the final stretch of the academic year.

Airdrie RCMP issued a news release urging drivers and cyclists to share the road, reminding riders under 18 that helmets must meet ANSI, Snell or CSA standards.

Alberta's government has ditched a new fee schedule for breweries that would have seen the province's oldest beer maker pay significantly more in taxes.

The schedule, introduced in February after Alberta tabled its budget, substantially lowered the production threshold breweries needed to meet before they paid the highest fee to the government, while also adjusting the production limits and fees building up to the cap.