Partial ring road opening in Calgary once again disrupted by Indigenous protester

CALGARY - After more than five years of planning and construction, the final section of the southwest Calgary ring road opened to traffic Saturday. The stretch connects Highway 8 to Macleod Trail S.E., and accounts for approximately 20 per cent of the entire highway. The section is about 31 kilometres in length. But as the portion was unveiled and officially opened to traffic, a massive deal between the province and the Tsuut’ina Nation was once again called into question. An Indigenous ma