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04-07-2025
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Shania Twain to lead 2025 Calgary Stampede Parade
See more sharing options Send this page to someone via email Share this item on Twitter Share this item via WhatsApp Share this item on Facebook Tune in to Global Calgary on Friday, July 4, at 8:45 a.m. to watch a special live broadcast of the 2025 Calgary Stampede Parade led by parade marshal Shania Twain. Global News Morning's Blake Lough and Leslie Horton along with Jeff McArthur of Corus Entertainment's The Morning Show will have all the action for you from this year's route. Each year, the Stampede Parade entertains with a showcase of colourful floats, majestic horses and the high-energy marching bands. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy It's not just a parade marching down a street — it's a march through tradition, history and Calgary's culture. Global Calgary is the official parade broadcaster of the Calgary Stampede Parade. Story continues below advertisement
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14-06-2025
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‘An epic kind of proposal': B.C. man pops the question from Galapagos seafloor
Most deep-sea divers will spend a lifetime underwater without finding treasure at the bottom of the sea. Not so for B.C. couple Cailin Lindsay and Maxwel Hohn, whose recent diving expedition included a treasure chest, a gold ring — and the promise of a lifetime of love. It was the culmination of an elaborate marriage proposal Hohn, an Emmy award-winning underwater cinematographer, told Global News he spent the better part of a year and a half planning. 'I knew it had to be somewhere that was very grand, it had to be like an epic kind of proposal, but I also had to catch her off guard by surprise, so I decided to do it in Galapagos,' he explained. 'I'd told her that I'd never proposed to her underwater, so she didn't really have this in the back of her head thinking that this would be the trip that would happen.' Story continues below advertisement 3:37 Tips for a perfect holiday marriage proposal The road to Galapagos was a long and winding one. Lindsay and Hohn both grew up on the Sunshine Coast, and while both of them are lifelong divers, they never actually met until about eight years ago. Hohn already knew Lindsay's father through the diving industry, and during a chance encounter her brother dropped her name while 'playing cupid a little bit.' 'Maxwell kind of went, 'Wait a minute, your dad never mentioned anything about having a daughter,' so he reached out,' she said. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy The pair connected in Mexico, where, true to form, their first date was under the sea — a dive with schools of jackfish and bull sharks. 'We're both very adventurous people, and you know it's kind of been one big adventure from the get-go between the two of us, we had our first adventure dive date, and it's kind of never slowed down from there,' Lindsay said. Story continues below advertisement 'When I saw her on the first dive and her skill set underwater, I was like, yep, she's the one,' Hohn added. It was only several years later, after the pair started working together on Hohn's wildlife cinematography business, that he decided it was time to take the plunge. It was a major operation, involving the help of multiple friends and an Ecuadorian company called Galaxy Expeditions to plan out the elaborate scene. 1:06 Marriage proposal happens on Global News Morning 'The hardest thing was trying to keep it a secret, because I have all these people I'm collaborating with to try and plan this event, and they're texting me, so I'm having to keep my phone very secretive from her,' he said. 'And as most people know, doing that in front of your spouse is quite tricky.' Story continues below advertisement At one point, the ring even fell out of Hohn's bag as they were unpacking it onto the boat — but Lindsay never got wise. As the clock ticked down to the big moment, Hohn said he got so nervous about whether it would work that he almost got cold flippers and called the whole thing off. 'But I had all these people committed to kind of helping me, you know that we had this treasure chest already hidden, so the ring was already underwater. I had four people who had these big laminated signs to say, 'Will you marry me?' They were hiding in this place behind a rock,' he chuckled. More nerve-wracking, when they got to the seafloor, Hohn said he began to question whether he could remember exactly where they'd stashed the ring. His friends had told him it was placed right next to a big turtle. 1:41 I hope you don't mind, B.C. man proposes to girlfriend at Elton John concert 'Of course, you know, with wildlife, nature, and things like that, turtles don't stay in one spot, they move around, but sure enough, when we got there, this giant turtle was pretty much sitting next to the chest and guarding it, which was pretty special,' he said. Story continues below advertisement 'Cailin noticed the turtle right away, and she went to go see it and check it out, and it kind of revealed the chest was behind it.' Lindsay said she was initially hesitant to open the chest, explaining she thought 'it's not ours to open,' but Hohn insisted. 'But Maxwell insisted I open it, so I finally opened the lid and sure enough, there's photos of us, there was a message in a bottle, and the ring,' she said. 'I was absolutely in shock from that point onwards … my mask started filling up with tears and I had to keep clearing it throughout the dive.' The pair have yet to come up for air enough to start planning their wedding. But they say it's a safe bet it will happen above sea level.
Global News
18-05-2025
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Former Canadiens player Chris Nilan to hit the stage in 1-man show about addiction, career, life
Chris Nilan, the former Montreal Canadiens enforcer, is taking the stage in late May in a one-man show titled Knuckles: The Chris Nilan Story. The former NHLer joined Global News Morning in Montreal on Friday and said the show promises to dive deep into the emotional and physical battles that defined his turbulent life. 2:17 Former Habs player Chris Nilan confronts his struggles with mental health in a new one-man show Nicknamed Chris 'Knuckles' Nilan, the notorious Boston-born hockey player, whose career was marked by controversy and his physicality on the ice, says the show will discuss his life story — from his career and his multiple surgeries, to his journey with addiction, an overdose and his mental health struggles. Story continues below advertisement Nilan said the show will discuss his early formative years, his career, and his life after hockey. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'I feel good about doing this,' Nilan told host Laura Casella. 'In my life I've hurt quite a few people. I don't want to hurt people anymore, I want to help people.' The former radio host and right-winger with the Habs, the New York Rangers and the Boston Bruins worked with playwright and director Vittorio Rossi on the show. Knuckles: The Chris Nilan Story premières at Maison Principale in Montreal on May 28.
