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Fan Expo Canada draws thousands to downtown Toronto

Thousands decked out in weird and wonderful costumes descended on Toronto for Canada’s large pop culture convention, Fan Expo Canada.…

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Canada

Paraders celebrate Toronto Caribbean Carnival downtown

Revellers transformed Lake Shore Boulevard into a dazzling spectacle of feathers, embellished costumes and dancing on Saturday as the city…

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Nova Scotia

Decades-old plan to ‘daylight’ downtown Dartmouth river enters final phase

Funding is now in place to complete a project that’s been in the works for decades — the ‘daylighting’ of…

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Sports

Oilers fans flock to downtown Edmonton for Game 4 of Stanley Cup final

The Edmonton Oilers survived a do-or-die home ice game on Saturday to stay in the chase for the Stanley Cup, and fans…

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Canada

That freeway once planned for downtown Calgary (with a name that hasn’t aged particularly well)

You’ve probably had those moments, when idling nine cars behind a red light in rush-hour downtown Calgary, when you wished…

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Canada

Windsor’s plan for a shiny and new downtown has advocates hoping it remains a place ‘for all of us’

On the southwest corner of Wyandotte Street and Ouellette Avenue in Windsor, Ont., Jayson Brooks points out a building’s doorways, an area where he…

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Canada

Exhaust sparks likely caused CPKC train to ignite before rolling through downtown London, Ont.: TSB

Sparks caused by a locomotive’s exhaust system likely started the sequence of events that ended in flaming train cars barrelling…

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Nova Scotia

Downtown Dartmouth getting 26-storey tower in post office heritage project

A heritage building in downtown Dartmouth will be the site of a new high-rise development, which one councillor says is a…

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Canada

‘We deserve justice’: Red Dress Day events in downtown Winnipeg honour MMIWG2S+

Manitobans gathered at events in Winnipeg Sunday to mark Red Dress Day, the nationally recognized day to raise awareness for missing…

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Canada

Plan to revamp downtown Ottawa block sparks debate over intensification

Kevin Gosselin is one of the residents of 178 Nepean St. who says he won’t leave despite being asked to…

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