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Calgary Stampede, July 13: Veteran volunteer Showdown Sunday and Rangeland Derby finals set

Sunday is the final day of the 2025 edition of the Calgary Stampede. Article content Showdown Sunday at the rodeo and the final run of the Rangeland Derby chuckwagon races will take place at GMC Stadium. Article content Article content Article content Article content It's been fun to watch the evolution of Alberta artists that set off to conquer Nashville, whether it be Lindsay Ell, Noeline Hofmann or Sykamore. Originally from Medicine Hat, MacKenzie Porter first gained attention as a thespian — she played a teenage Mormon bride for a few seasons on Hell on Wheels — but is mostly focused on country music these days and her star has been on the rise ever since. She signed with Music City powerhouse Big Loud Records back in 2018 as the label's first Canadian artist. Article content Article content Article content Want to feel elderly? Consider the fact that Montreal pop-punk act Simple Plan first bounced onto the scene 23 years ago with appropriately snotty and angsty teenage-outsider skate-punk anthems such as I'm Just a Kid and Welcome to My Life. The band returned to these roots in 2022 for Harder Than It Looks, giving them a 20-year canon of perpetually youthful material to draw from. Article content Article content A horse was injured Saturday night at the Calgary Stampede's Rangeland Derby chuckwagon races. Article content No immediate report was available regarding the horse's condition, but it was loaded onto a trailer as announcer Les McIntyre told the crowd that the horse would get the best care and would hopefully be able to return to racing.