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Vast majority of Canada Day events to be virtual during pandemic

Canada marks its 153rd birthday on Wednesday but celebrations will be different this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

a red white and blue flag: Canada celebrates its 153rd birthday on Wednesday. ÂĐ Dan McGarvey/CBC Canada celebrates its 153rd birthday on Wednesday.

The vast majority of Canada Day events in Toronto will be virtual.

That means everything from pancake breakfasts, arts festivals and house parties to big-name concerts and fireworks displays will be online. The province has limited social gatherings to up to 10 people to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Mayor John Tory says Canada Day, despite the pandemic, is still "an ideal time" for city residents to show pride in their country.

"Although this Canada Day is unlike any other, I encourage Toronto residents and visitors to celebrate our wonderful country on July 1 by enjoying everything that the city has to offer," Tory said in a news release on Tuesday. 

"For those residents heading outside, I remind them to please follow public health guidelines and practise physical distancing."

All Canada Day events that would have been held in person in Toronto have been cancelled, based on the recommendations from Dr. Eileen de Villa, the city's medical officer of health.

fireworks in the sky: Unlike previous years, there will be no real fire works at Ashbridges Bay to bring Canada Day to a close.ÂĐ CBC Unlike previous years, there will be no real fire works at Ashbridges Bay to bring Canada Day to a close.

Nathan Phillips Square will not be the site of Canada Day events this year. And there will be no real fire works at Ashbridges Bay to end the day. But there is plenty of fun to be had through the following events:

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@Tola posted:

Did dem Brampton Guyanese name de park Eldorado. 

The camp was established as Kinderland, a children's camp, in 1925 by the pro-Bolshevik Jewish Women's Labour League, the women's auxiliary of the Jewish Labour League Mutual Benefit Society.[1] They leased some property at Eldorado Mills along the Credit River, initially owned by the Canadian National Railway. In 1936 the League attempted to purchase about 103 acres (0.42 km2) of the property. The CNR was openly resistant to selling to Jewish organizations, posting vicious anti-Semitic signs at the entrance to discourage the land purchase. However, the property was acquired through an individual not directly linked to the League and then transferred to them. The camp was referred to as a "Worker's Children Camp" and promoted Jewish culture and radical leftist and socialist political ideals. Jewish folklore, the Yiddish language, music, folk art and dance were studied at the camp.

The United Jewish Peoples' Order (UJPO) was founded in 1945 through a merger of the Labour League and other radical Jewish organizations and has operated and managed the camp ever since. When purchased the camp contained a merry-go-round and a meeting hall from the early years of Eldorado Park. Initially only tents were used for the campers. Later permanent frame cottages clad in insulbrick or clapboard were constructed. In the 1940s the UJPO built a band shell, boathouse, swimming pool and two bridges over the Credit River.

Canadian Communist Party leader Tim Buck was a frequent speaker at the camp, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police monitored activities and goings-on there from time to time through the late 1940s and 1950s. The Mounties were known to 'stake out' the park entrance, recording license plate numbers of those entering for public events.[2]

At its peak in the 1930s to 1950s, Camp Kinderland served up to 300 children each summer.[1] The camp later became a popular destination for working-class, urban Jews.[3] The children's camp remained in operation as an overnight camp until 1962 and as a day camp until 1971. A family-oriented adult campground that was used mostly on weekends and holidays developed adjacent to the children's camp that, at its peak, contained some 90 cottages as well as room for tents. In the 1970s the present Eldorado Park was established when a portion of Camp Naivelt was sold to the City of Brampton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Naivelt

Mitwah

Thanks Mits, quite a history.  Since the name El Dorado comes from South America, me wonder whether Eldorado Mills might have a link to SA. Like Omai mines. 

One of our streets is named after the 1830s British Prime Minister William Gladstone, who had a sugar cane plantation at Vreed-en-hoop,  with slaves. He was also the first plantation manager given permission by the British government, to take Indian Indenture  Labourers to Guyana on five year contracts.

So far an island in BC, park and school names in our town were changed to Canada's First Nation names and a group is also trying to change the name of Gladstone Drive, to a native band name.    

Tola
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