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 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 F