07-01-2017, 02:37 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oshawa
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Made it to Ottawa. After some of the worst traffic I have ever encountered on Highway 7
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07-01-2017, 02:50 PM
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#83
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Giant cell 3 Calgary's wide going to clobber Red Deer, and south Calgary is going to get a decent hit as well. Stay dry Canadians!
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07-01-2017, 03:14 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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I'm working here at the Beer Vault but hopefully I can get down to the river later tonight where everybody is having fun.
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07-01-2017, 05:05 PM
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#86
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Nice! I was there with my daughter, a bit to the left of blue hat guy, behind your guitar!
Confed park earlier, fireworks later.
Happy Canada Day!
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07-01-2017, 05:14 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by OffsideSpecialist
Made it to Ottawa. After some of the worst traffic I have ever encountered on Highway 7
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Wait until you get downtown. I gave up when we got to within sight of the cenotaph. I don't remember the crowds being this crazy when I used to go to Parliament Hill.
ETA at least the weather held off!
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07-01-2017, 05:16 PM
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#88
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Field near Field, AB
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Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Having a BBQ at my place and then doing a pub crawl down to the river for the Tegan & Sara show!
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Where on the river is Sara and Tegan by the way?
Down near where La Caille used to be?
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07-01-2017, 07:56 PM
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by calgarywinning
Where on the river is Sara and Tegan by the way?
Down near where La Caille used to be?
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The stage is on Riverfront Avenue at McLeod Trail SE by the Harry Hays Building. They are the headline act due to perform 10pm-11pm.
The fireworks should go just after 11pm and if last year is anything to go by they should be pretty spectacular. Hopefully the rain will clear out by then ....
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07-01-2017, 08:14 PM
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#90
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Franchise Player
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I heard that the fireworks will be a half hour long!
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07-01-2017, 08:18 PM
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I heard that the fireworks will be a half hour long!
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Confirmed. That's what Nenshi said at Confed park today, at least.
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07-01-2017, 08:32 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Just in Kelowna, visiting family and baking in the sun.
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07-01-2017, 09:22 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
i'm watching the Parliament Hill show. Mitsou is hosting. That's so Canadian
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Mitsou? Bye bye mon cowboy? Wow there's a name I hadn't heard in about 30+ years.
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07-01-2017, 09:38 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Mitsou? Bye bye mon cowboy? Wow there's a name I hadn't heard in about 30+ years.
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Damn, she's aged well...
Ooh la la.
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07-02-2017, 02:05 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Oshawa
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Originally Posted by billybob123
Wait until you get downtown. I gave up when we got to within sight of the cenotaph. I don't remember the crowds being this crazy when I used to go to Parliament Hill.
ETA at least the weather held off!
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Yeah I didn't dream of making it to the hill today lol. Rain came at the perfect time to drench me for the rest of the night. Watched the fireworks from behind the Museum of Civilisation and they were excellent at least!
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07-02-2017, 07:20 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Barnet - North London
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I had a fun time at the Trafalgar Square celebrations. Sang Oh Canada, talked with a few cops who were really enjoying the festivities and saw the Grey Cup at the CFL stand.
There was a huge crowd but still easy to get around with a lot of excuse me and sorrys throughout the day. Free water bottles were supplied as long as you made a donation to charity for the young Canadian woman killed in the terrorist at London Bridge. The money went to Shelter, a homeless charity she supported.
Got and Iced Cap and Timbits. Then on to the beer. The Sleemans started getting a little warm so we headed off to the Porterhouse on Maiden Lane where they were doing 4 bottles of Moosehead for £12. Yes please and minutes later there was a table full of Moosehead bottles.
When the Porterhouse ran out of Moosehead we went along the street to the Maple Leaf and drank outside there. At 9 pm I realised all I'd had the whole day was beer and Timbits so we went to Five Guys, then back to the Maple Leaf.
It was a fantastic day and really nice to see so many people celebrating Canada here. I loved it all and I cannot believe how surprisingly well I feel today.
I hope you all had a wonderful Canada Day, and here's to the next 150!
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07-02-2017, 12:19 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Chilliwack, B.C
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In Washington DC of all places, still wore a Canada 150 shirt on the 1st.
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07-04-2017, 10:52 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Did anyone watch the Centre St bridge fireworks? If so how were they?
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07-04-2017, 11:03 AM
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That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Springfield Penitentiary
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I watched it from the hill by the memorial stairs by the pathways just below Cresent Rd.
First off, the people. It was insane. Prince's Island Park and that area must have had 50k people. Maybe more. It was basically shoulder to shoulder.
Cresent rd was equally insane. There had to be another 10k people up there.
We sat on the hill very close to centre street. Allowed us to see the bridge very clearly with no obstructions.
It was long but unspectacular compared to other fireworks shows I've seen. It was cool to be able to be above the bridge because we could actually see the fireworks being fired from the bridge.
I was satisfied but not wowed.
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07-04-2017, 11:06 AM
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#100
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Did anyone watch the Centre St bridge fireworks? If so how were they?
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We sat on a towel at Princes island park. Was pretty cool. Some trees were blocking the lower ones but overall was worth the walk over.
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