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Raptors open 2025 training camp at UCalgary: Day one recap
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Raptors open 2025 training camp at UCalgary: Day one recap

The Toronto Raptors have touched down in Calgary with the Dinos’ home, Jack Simpson Gym, serving as their practice facility for the next few days. The Raptors logged their first session in the Jack on Tuesday with a closed practice in preparation for the public open practice on Friday, Oct.

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Girls interrupted: the immediate impact of Alberta's newest legislation
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Girls interrupted: the immediate impact of Alberta's newest legislation

Joining a sports team builds community, fosters teamwork and creates lasting friendships, but Bill 29, Alberta’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, which took effect Sept. 1, 2025, threatens to take this experience from girls. What Bill 29 actually says The legislation introduces new eligibility rules affecting participation in

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Unbeaten and unrelenting: Dinos devour the weekend with back-to-back shutouts
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Unbeaten and unrelenting: Dinos devour the weekend with back-to-back shutouts

By Leigh Patrick, with files from Dinos Communications Two games. Zero goals conceded. Five scored.  The Dinos’ women’s soccer team swept the field with power and precision this weekend. They earned back-to-back home wins — 3-0 Friday evening and 2-0 Saturday night against the Manitoba Bison.

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How UCalgary’s Badminton Club provides community on and off the court
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How UCalgary’s Badminton Club provides community on and off the court

As students, we’re often juggling more things than we can handle: lectures, labs and assignments on top of everything else in our personal lives — finding balance can be difficult. Since 2017, the University of Calgary Badminton Club (UCBC) has provided a space for students to engage in activities beyond

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Ready, set, cheer: Inside UCalgary’s Cheer Team
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Ready, set, cheer: Inside UCalgary’s Cheer Team

Cheerleading is often misunderstood — dismissed as glittery sideline entertainment. But the University of Calgary Cheer Team is rewriting that narrative. With impressive stunts, elite-level competition routines and a deep-rooted sense of camaraderie, they’re competing at the same level as the teams they cheer for. UC Cheerleading isn;

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More than movement:  Inside the UCalgary Dance Company
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More than movement:  Inside the UCalgary Dance Company

The University of Calgary Dance Company (UCDC) is more than a performance group — it’s a student team where movement becomes a powerful form of storytelling. Blending choreography, musicality and emotion, the team brings creativity and dexterity to campus events and competitions across Alberta and beyond. Dance isn’t just

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Weekly Dino Digest: Sept. 26 to 28
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Weekly Dino Digest: Sept. 26 to 28

With over 25 events on the schedule — and the potential for more — this week marks just the beginning of an action-packed fall for the Dinos. Between a full slate at McMahon Stadium and preseason action at Jack Simpson Gym, there’s no shortage of opportunities to cheer on the

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Cadillac’s bold F1 entry: A play for the top
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Cadillac’s bold F1 entry: A play for the top

In a groundbreaking announcement at the beginning of this year’s season, the FIA confirmed that General Motors’ Cadillac will be joining the Formula One World Championship in 2026. This marks the first time an American automaker will compete in F1, a sport traditionally dominated by Europeans. After years of

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Mocking the WNBA hurts more than it entertains
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Mocking the WNBA hurts more than it entertains

The WNBA has spent years battling for recognition and fair treatment, only to, once again, find itself as the butt of someone else’s joke. At recent games, sex toys have been thrown onto the court. What some dismiss as a crude prank may in fact be a marketing stunt

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‘For the girls' – Dinos open home schedule with back-to-back wins
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‘For the girls' – Dinos open home schedule with back-to-back wins

It wasn’t just a win — it was a statement. The Dinos’ women’s soccer team capped off this weekend with a 4-1 triumph over the Alberta Pandas, securing back-to-back victories against Alberta and MacEwan for the first time since 2021. “We want to make McMahon a

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A new era for the Gauntlet

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