Hundreds of thousands in Metro Vancouver celebrate Canada's 156th birthday
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Many in the Lower Mainland have been taking in the festivities as they celebrate Canada's 156th birthday. About 200,000 people in Vancouver flocked to Canada Place on Saturday, donning red and white.
Many in the Lower Mainland have been taking in the festivities as they celebrate Canada's 156th birthday.
About 200,000 people in Vancouver flocked to Canada Place on Saturday, donning red and white.
There was entertainment, food and music -- with Tegan and Sara being a highlight of the show.
“I think people are ready for this type of celebration again. They want to get out. They want to experience the vibrancy of our city," said Gillian Behnke, the director of events and experience with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
But there is change in the celebration as the country acknowledges some of the atrocities of Canada’s past, including the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential schools across the country over the past two years and a push for reconciliation.
"That’s why we made this event. This event has been planned collaboratively with representatives from Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and that’s why we took a new direction. We renamed it. We rebranded it," said Behnke.
"It’s really got a different feeling than your traditional Canada Day event. It does have more meaning to it because it’s about what this country means to you and how you want to move forward in this country," she continued.
A miniature Christmas village made of decorative houses and buildings has been slowly growing in a Regina home.
With the number of homeless people in Saskatoon at an unprecedented high, it’s no surprise people are looking for places to warm up.
The next chapter of the Lemay Forest saga has unfolded as the sounds of trees coming down could be heard Monday.
The stormy weather in the forecast for B.C.'s South Coast is already disrupting many Christmas Day travel plans.
A break in, theft, and continued property damage has led to the boarding up of the Palace Theatre over the Christmas holidays.
Police in Nova Scotia are investigating after two deaths in Truro, N.S., over the weekend have been ruled homicides.
Calgary police shut down Glenmore Trail overnight following a crash between a car and a crane truck.
Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal has awarded members of an Indigenous family in North Bay $15,000 each after it ruled they were victims of discrimination.
A heavy snowfall has guaranteed much of Quebec a white Christmas, but it has also sent cars skidding off the province's roads during the busy holiday travel period.
For many of the women attending My Sister’s Place (MSP) in London, Ont. the holidays are a difficult time.
RCMP in New Brunswick are investigating after a business in Janeville was broken into and a number of items were stolen.