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Kristen Kish: "Every summer, the city of Calgary hosts the world's largest outdoor rodeo, the Calgary Stampede, which has been taking place since 1912. Millions of people come from all over the world to enjoy the Calgary Stampede. And, of course, a traditional pancake breakfast.
In the early days of the stampede, one of its founders, Guy Weidick, and his friend Jack Moulton created the famous chuck wagon races. And to help promote this new event, they decided to pull their chuck wagons into the center of and start flipping pancakes for anyone that came by.
The tradition still stands to this day. Churches, restaurants, small businesses all over town throw their very own pancake breakfasts.
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