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Alberta Billboard Defies Deadline, Birdwatchers in Calgary & Social Sports Rise — Calgary Sunday

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🚑 Breaking & Incidents

💼 Economy & Business

🎨 Community & Culture

  1. Alberta separation billboard remains in Taber beyond deadline. A defiant Alberta separatist ignores a town's removal order for his pro-separation billboard. Cory Morgan's sign urges Alberta's independence and stays up despite Taber town's demand for its removal by Saturday.
  2. Nature enthusiasts flock to Calgary park for rare woodpecker sighting. Birdwatchers are gathering to view an unusual woodpecker species, causing excitement in the local community.

🏛️ Government & Politics

🏈 Sports

📚 Also Today

  • 'Social' sports like padel gain popularity. Padel follows pickleball in attracting social sports enthusiasts.
  • Marijuana's effect on rats offers insights for appetite loss. Exploring effects on human eating disorders.
  • Why Canadians prefer 'soccer' to 'football.' A cultural exploration of terminology.
  • Calls to decommission the aging International Space Station. Discussion on its future viability.

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Source Articles (6)

First pickleball, now padel: Why ‘social’ sports are growing in popularity

While the Mexican sport padel has exploded in popularity in other parts of the world, it has struggled to gain traction in Canada — until within just the last five years. Now, it’s seeing more demand than Canada’s courts can handle.

General Jun 14, 2026

Stoned rats get the munchies. Here's what that means for people with eating disorders, appetite loss

It turns out stoned rats get the munchies too. New research from the University of Calgary and Washington State University digs into the effects of cannabis on rats and humans, particularly when it comes to appetite.

General Jun 14, 2026

Why do Canadians say 'soccer' instead of 'football'?

As the World Cup renews the soccer-versus-football debate, University of Michigan professor Stefan Szymanski says the word "soccer" was coined in Oxford in the 1880s and later stuck in countries where "football" already meant another sport.

General Jun 14, 2026

The International Space Station is old and leaky. Should it be decommissioned sooner rather than later?

The International Space Station had a proposed lifespan of 15 years, but it has far exceeded that, and it's starting to show its age. Is it time to deorbit it?

General Jun 14, 2026

Birdwatchers flock to Calgary park to catch glimpse of rare woodpecker

A red-headed woodpecker in the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary has left Calgary's birdwatching community in a frenzy, with countless birders coming to the popular park daily to catch a glimpse of the rare endangered bird.

General Jun 14, 2026
Pro-separation billboard in Alberta town remains up after removal deadline

Pro-separation billboard in Alberta town remains up after removal deadline

The electronic billboard, located on town land, shows the Alberta shield surrounded by the words: "Send Ottawa a Message! Choose Alberta."

Canada Jun 14, 2026