Globe and Mail Canada

Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of downtown Calgary for the annual Calgary Stampede parade. Olympic medallists Mikaël Kingsbury and Courtney Sarault were the parade marshals while Calgary-raised actor Andrew Phung was a celebrity judge.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has pitched a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast, just hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a deal with B.C. to make it possible. Smith and Carney stood together in Calgary to announce that Alberta has formally submitted a proposed route to the federal major projects office. (July 2, 2026)

Good morning. The Canadian men’s soccer team will face its toughest challenge so far at the World Cup when it plays Morocco on Saturday. More on that below, along with EV range busters and extreme weather in parts of Canada. But first:

Despite the hot and humid conditions, throngs of soccer fans in Toronto turned out to show their support ahead of the Portugal–Croatia World Cup match.