Canada Day News

By Andrea Klassen - Kamloops This Week Published: May 15, 2013 3:00 PM Updated: May 15, 2013 3:50 PM Kamloopsians bound for Canada Day celebrations at Riverside Park will once again have the option of hopping on the bus.

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has popularized fancy hats. Here she's seen in a red fascinator adorned with maple leaves at a Canada Day celebration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on July 1, 2011.

Remember these guys? Platinum Blonde will headline this year's free Canada Day celebration in Cloverdale.

A Delta airline's aircraft takes off from the Ronald Reagan National airport as the sun rises in Washington, DC, June 9, 2011.

The Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce the winner of the Canada Day Cash Lottery early-bird prize is Ella Bernie from Rainy River.

David Myles, left, and Classified perform hit song "Inner Ninja" to close the East Coast Music Awards in this file photo.

The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 118 has stepped up to take over organization of the parade, which will go ahead July 1. The new North Vancouver Canada Day parade committee chair and legion member Ernie Hubbard said after reading about the parade being cancelled in the North Shore News, he immediately called on the legion to take over organization.

Canada Day Weekend @ White Point, two family nights from $330, plus tax, June 28-July 1. The festive weekend will include a birthday party, fireworks and beachside bonfires with marshmallow roasts and more.

The Peterborough Canada Day Parade committee held a press conference at City Hall on Tuesday to announce details of this year's celebration on July 1. The theme for this year's parade is 'Acclaiming Young Canada!' Organizers want to recognize that the youth of today are the future of Canada.

June Duffy-Smith likely won't be attending this year's County Town Carnival after her experience at last year's event.

Although it's still very much winter outside, plans are underway for summer festivities in Fort Frances, such as the second-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on July 1 and the "Pulling for Peace" international tug-of-war on July 2. But whether or not Canada Day events here will include a parade remains to be seen.