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Event
Information:
Toronto St. Patrick's Day Parade
begins at noon with the procession
starting from Bloor and St. George
(near old U of T Varsity Stadium).
The Parade will continue along Bloor
Street down Yonge and finishes on
Queen Street at Nathan Philips
Square.
The
Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team was
known as the Toronto St. Patricks
from 1919 to 1927, and wore green
jerseys. In 1999, when the Maple
Leafs played on Hockey Night in
Canada (national broadcast of the
NHL) on Saint Patrick's Day, they
wore the green St. Patrick's
day-themed retro uniforms. There is
a large parade in the city's
downtown core that attracts over
100,000 spectators.
Some
groups, notably Guinness, have
lobbied to make Saint Patrick's Day
a national holiday in Canada.
Currently, the Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador is the
only jurisdiction in Canada where
Saint Patrick's Day is a provincial
holiday.
In
March 2009, the Calgary Tower had
changed its top exterior lights to
new green-coloured CFL bulbs just in
time for Saint Patrick's Day. The
lights were in fact part of the
environmental non-profit
organisation, Project Porchlight,
and were Green to represent
environmental concerns.
Approximately 210 lights were
changed in time for Saint Patrick's
Day and almost resemble a
Leprechaun's hat during the evening
light. After a week, regular white
CFLs took their place, saving the
Calgary Tower around $12,000 and
reducing greenhouse gas emissions by
104 metric tonnes in the process.
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