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REGIONAL WRAP-UP A Calgary yahoo! Daniel P. Hays, a former senator and chairman of Macleod Dixon, along with Joden, the red holstein cow he milked for the legendary sillabub ceremony at the 58th annual Hays Breakfast, is piped in by Bill and Olive Campbell. Winnipeg's Doc Walker, Billboard's new country artist of 2007, gets the crowd rocking at Stikeman Elliott's Six-Shooter Saturday party. The Calgary Stampede always brings out the politicians: Liberal leader Stéphane Dion and his wife Janine Krieber were among those who attended the venerable Hays Breakfast. F or 10 days in July, all of Calgary gets into the spirit of the Calgary Stampede and law firms are no exception. Fraser Milner Casgrain and Blakes both sponsor the rodeo. Borden Ladner Gervais has a chuckwagon that competes in Stampede races. This year, it won a prize for having the best dressed chuckwagon in the Calgary Stampede parade. Parties are also the order of the day for both Borden Ladner Gervais lawyers Jennifer Lepp, Doug Fawcett, and Sean MacDonald ham it up with BLG's chuckwagon driver Troy Flad, in white shirt, after serving up a pancake breakfast from the back of their chuckwagon at Rope Square. 8 A UGUST 2008 www. Law ye rmag.com clients and lawyers and staff. This year's fab bashes included: Oslers at the zoo, Blakes with Joan Jett and Billy Idol, Stikeman Elliott's fea- turing Doc Walker and Sarah Evans, Macleod Dixon as one of the hosts of the legendary Hays Breakfast, Burnet Duckworth & Palmer's Gold Rush party at the Hyatt Regency, and many others including one hosted by the Calgary Bar Association. Even east coasters McInnes Coo- per came to town to throw a bash for friends and clients. — GAIL J. COHEN gcohen@clbmedia.ca PHOTOGRAPHY: GAIL J. COHEN