Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Florence LaDue

Calgary Stampede Dept: CALGARY - People wearing cowboy hats, boots, belts and buckles filled downtown streets with yahoos and yeehaws as the annual celebration of the cowboy life kicked off in Alberta's largest city Friday, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Even Prime Minister Stephen Harper got into the Stampede spirit as he paid tribute to Guy Weadick and his wife Florence LaDue who were instrumental in holding the very first "cowboy championship" 100 years ago and country music legend and parade marshal Ian Tyson waves to the crowd during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Friday, July 6, 2012. The parade featured 700 horses, 26 marching bands and 12 street sweeping trucks to clean horse droppings. This is the 100th anniversary of the Stampede which runs for 10 days featuring rodeo action, chuckwagon races, a midway, agricultural exhibits and live stock competitions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh But there was a dash of added excitement for the estimated 400,000 who squeezed into spots six layers deep along the parade route: it's the centennial of the Calgary Stampede. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.