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So when last year the Calgary Stampede was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jeffrey Arndt turned to his white cowboy hat for solace â not only for himself but for anyone else who might be feeling down.
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âStampede went away, but its spirit didnât have to,â says the 25-year-old Manitoba transplant, who works as a science guide at Telus Spark.
âI wore it throughout what should have been the 10 days of the 2020 Calgary Stampede, but then I decided to keep wearing it into the fall, winter and spring,â adds Arndt, who worked as a grandstand guest ambassador at the Stampede during his first couple of years in Calgary. âIt made people smile, especially kids. It felt like I was wearing a lifestyle on top of my head.â
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A western farmer comes home one afternoon to discover that a hailstorm has destroyed his crop, his farmhouse has been struck by lightning, his wife has run off with his brand-new truck, and his dog has had a close encounter with a skunk. He shakes his fist at the sky, and shouts, “God damn the CPR!”
Aside from what that old joke might imply about the Canadian Pacific Railway and certainly not to target agriculturalists, it reflects a trait fuelling Alberta polarization: the blame game. Instead of taking personal responsibility, the now common reaction of many is to locate a person or entity or political party to blame, and then yell, demonize and disobey, as if posturing will relieve the situation at hand. The effect is to escalate disaffection and goad extreme ideological valences.
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