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BBC News
7 hours ago
- General
- BBC News
RAF Waddington personnel to parade through Lincoln centre
More than 100 RAF personnel will march through Lincoln to exercise their freedom of the city awarded the honour to RAF Waddington in 1959 as a mark of respect and appreciation for their parade will take place on 26 June, starting at 11:30 BST from St Martin's Square and making its way down the high Fenn, civic and international partnerships manager, said: "We are proud to celebrate this special relationship every year." The RAF band will perform as the procession passes under the Stonebow before pausing at the war memorial just after 11:35 will be a flypast from the Red Arrows at 11:40 BST, organiser said.A reading by radio presenter Melvyn Prior will take place at the war memorial before the parade continues through the Cornhill Quarter, finishing in City Square where the march will end at about 12:00 closures will be in place throughout the morning. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
Yahoo
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Parade, other activities will mark Juneteenth in Johnstown
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – The week-long Juneteenth celebration in Johnstown concludes Thursday with a parade in downtown Johnstown and other activities at Peoples Natural Gas Park, 90 Johns St. The parade begins at noon at Franklin and Washington streets. The parade route will proceed to Franklin and Main streets and will cross Market and Walnut streets. It will turn right onto Johns Street at Sargent's Stadium at the Point and proceed to People Natural Gas Park. A parade review will be held at its conclusion. PHOTO GALLERY | Johnstown Juneteenth Celebration | Peoples Natural Gas Park During the parade, one lane of traffic on Washington Street will be closed and traffic will be blocked on additional roads while the parade passes. At 1 p.m., a Juneteenth proclamation will be read by Johnstown Mayor Frank Janakovic. A Black veterans recognition ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m., followed by music by DJ Moe Be at 3 p.m., Chris Dahlin and Yoko the cockatoo at 5 p.m. and The Palovations at 6 p.m. The Juneteenth celebration is sponsored by Johnstown Branch of the NAACP and Flood City Youth Fitness Academy.
CBS News
20 hours ago
- Business
- CBS News
Fort Lauderdale businesses booming ahead of Panthers Championship Parade
Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to flood Fort Lauderdale Beach this Sunday to celebrate the Florida Panthers' Stanley Cup win, according to city officials and the surge of visitors is bringing a major boost to businesses along A1A. While summer is typically the slower season for tourism and hospitality, local hotels and restaurants say they're booked solid and bracing for one of the busiest weekends of the year. Parade Brings Business Surge Along A1A "Our ordering already has changed three times in the past 24 hours. Our vendors are calling, asking, 'Are you sure?' Hey, jack up the order, double it, triple it," said Dante Reveyoso, general manager of Riviera Restaurant in the Hotel Maren, located at the end of the parade route. Reveyoso said the hotel is fully booked and the restaurant is already at reservation capacity as they prepare for a flood of paradegoers. At the start of the parade route, The Atlantic Hotel & Spa is also at full occupancy. Managers say guests began extending their stays right after the Panthers clinched the championship Tuesday night. "Just to have a championship again and a second championship, you can imagine the pride that we all take in being a part of the process," said Renee McKinney-Callender, director of human resources at The Atlantic Hotel & Spa. Bars, restaurants preparing for full house Bo's Beach, which offers a front-row view of the main stage, is opening early at 8 a.m. on Sunday. The venue will be fully staffed and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. "You can see them getting off the van, the bus, the cars, the trailers — everything just coming through — and you can just see the Cup right there. It's amazing," said Lindsay Ravenell, director of events at Bo's Beach. With fans already thinking ahead, Ravenell said excitement for a repeat championship is already in the air. "Let's do another one. Let's do a triple, it's coming. We can hold it down," she said.
CBC
20 hours ago
- Politics
- CBC
Organizers pull the plug on Montreal's Canada Day parade for 2nd straight year
With less than two weeks' notice, organizers of the Montreal Canada Day Parade are pulling the plug on the celebrations. In a news release, organizers said the event, which attracts over 100,000 spectators annually, was cancelled due to "ongoing planning disruptions, strained relations with city departments and unresolved challenges stemming from municipal worker strikes." The parade's main organizer, Nicholas Cowen, said while he understands why municipal workers are striking, disruptions raise safety concerns for parade-goers, as well as create possible logistical challenges. "If something was planned, are they going to do their jobs to the best of their abilities? This is a concern," he said. This is the second consecutive year the event is cancelled. Last year, Cohen said red tape and roadwork on Ste-Catherine Street were to blame and that he hadn't applied for a permit. At the time, he told CBC the parade route would have been changed and he would have been forced to apply for new permits without a guarantee of getting them. By cancelling the parade, he was hoping to highlight some of the challenges faced by organizers. The first Montreal Canada Day Parade was organized by now retired Dr. Roopnarine Singh nearly 50 years ago. Cowen has been involved since the 90s and has been the organizer for more than two decades. He's hopeful the event will make a comeback. "This event is for the people, not for profit. I truly hope we can one day return to the streets of Montreal with a parade that unites us, not divides us," Cowen said. In an email to CBC, City of Montreal spokesperson Nicky Cayer said that as was the case last year, Cohen failed to submit a project application "despite the city inviting him to do so on several occasions." Cayer confirmed, however, that Canada Day celebrations will be held in Montreal. "A land-use permit was issued this year to Production EGP for the Le Canada en Marche event to be held on July 1," he wrote in French, in addition to the city's official annual event at Quai de l'Horloge in the Old Port. WATCH | Meaning behind Australian flag at Quebec parade: Why an Australian flag was at this Journée Nationale des Patriotes parade 1 month ago Duration 2:04 The Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste invited a group of Americans, Australians and New Zealanders to the festivities. They are the direct descendants of one of the men celebrated on La Journée nationale des patriotes, Joseph Marceau.
CBS News
a day ago
- Sport
- CBS News
Preparations underway for Panthers Stanley Cup victory parade and celebration in Fort Lauderdale
Preparations are underway for a parade and celebration rally this weekend on Fort Lauderdale beach after the Florida Panthers clinched their back-to-back Stanley Cup win by defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the finals. The 2025 Championship Celebration, which will take place Sunday, will kick off at noon with a parade along State Road A1A. It will start at Riomar Street and end just north of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park at SE 5 Street, across from Hotel Maren, where a celebration rally will take place. On Tuesday, construction began on the stage for the event got underway. Last year's parade drew more than 200,000 people who cheered the team through the rain and lightning. Fans who plan to attend this year's celebration are urged to get there early since parking is limited and the garages along the beach and at the Galleria are expected to fill up quickly. Those who plan to arrive later in the morning may want to consider getting a rideshare. Fort Lauderdale Water Taxi is already selling tickets to get to the beach from three locations; the Riverside Hotel in Las Olas, the Hilton Marina on the 17th Street Causeway and the GALLERYone on E Sunrise Boulevard near the Galleria Mall.
