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The first Tim Hortons store opened in Hamilton, Ontario, on May 17th, 1964, on the site of a former gas station at the corner of Ottawa Street North and Dunsmure Road in the city’s Crown Point neighbourhood. Established by professional NHL ice hockey player Tim Horton and Jim Charade, the first Tim Horton Donuts location was a franchise opened by Read more...
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The newly-constructed Nipigon River Bridge in northern Ontario heaved apart in January 2016 due to multiple bolt failure during a winter storm, causing the bridge deck to lift by around 60 centimetres (or 24 inches). The bridge, part of the Trans Canada Highway, was closed to vehicular traffic for 17 hours, severing the only road link between eastern and western Read more...
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Toronto Pearson International Airport is named after Lester B Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada. Officially known as Toronto – Lester B Pearson International Airport, it is Canada’s largest airport and was renamed in honour of Pearson in January 1984, having previously been simply Toronto International Airport. Pearson, who was born in York, Ontario, won the Noble Peace Prize Read more...
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The YYZ code for Toronto Pearson airport originates in the two-digit YZ location identifier assigned to Malton Airport, the airfield’s original name, in the late 1930s and early 40s. Most airfields and weather stations in the United States, Canada and Alaska, had unique two-letter identities, emitted by beacons as a Morse code radio signal for aeronautical navigation and reporting of Read more...
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You can drive to Manitoulin Island via the Little Current Swing Bridge which carries Highway 6 over the North Channel of Lake Huron in Northeastern Manitoulin, Ontario. To reach the Swing Bridge, from Highway 17 (Trans Canada Highway) between Sudbury and Sault Saint Marie, turn on to Highway 6 for Espanola and continue for 50 kilometers (or 31 miles) towards Read more...