2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (692+ words) Welcome to Stampede Ranch, where horses named Bubbles and Disco Party are coached and conditioned into four legs of back-arching, jaw-pounding fury. It's a sprawling spread near Hanna, northeast of Calgary, and bigger than the land area of Manhattan." Established…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (192+ words) If you go by the Stampede chuckwagons, it appears Calgary's economy is racing along nicely. The Calgary Stampede canvas auction raised a record $6. 1 million from sponsors, about $2 million more than the year before. The money secured partnerships for 27 drivers at…...