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August 1: Caribana Parade; August 1: Calypso Show at Varsity Stadium; August 1: Caribana Carnival Dance at Royal York Hotel (with music by G.I. Brass Int'l. and Swinging Stars) August 2: Caribana Reggae Explosion at Varsity Stadium (with music by Third World and Dennis Brown) August 2–3: Caribana Caribbean Picnic on the Toronto Islands
The Toronto Caribbean Carnival, formerly and affectionately known as Caribana, is a festival of Caribbean culture and traditions held each summer in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is a pan-Caribbean Carnival event and has been billed as North America 's largest Festival, [ 2 ] frequented by over 1.3 million tourists each year for the ...
"Carnival"(cancelled) — In the city of Hamilton, 1 week after Toronto's Caribana. "Carifest" — In the city of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. "Cariwest" — Held annually the second week of August in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, drawing more than 60,000 visitors a year. Cariwest boasts an amazing display of masqueraders in the main parade, and is ...
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August 2024 Deir el-Balah attacks. Eighteen people from the same family are killed in an airstrike in the town of Az-Zawayda in the Gaza Strip. Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war. Two senior Hamas militants are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
The Official Caribana Store and The Carnival Shop, located at College Park, [8] and an Eaton's Caribana Shop at the Toronto Eaton Centre. [9] At launch in Nathan Phillips Square, Premier Bob Rae calls the event a "beacon of hope" for all Canadians, as a symbol of racial harmony. "Carry a Can to Caribana" launched, in support of Daily Bread Food ...
August 9 – The remnants of Hurricane Debby strike eastern Canada, causing the rainiest single day in the history of Montreal [76] and becoming the costliest climate event in Quebec history, exceeding the 1998 ice storm, with over $2.5 billion in insured damage. [77] August 18–25 – 2024 World Rowing Championships. August 22
[2] 461 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor . 932 – After a two-year siege, the city of Toledo , in Spain , surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman III , assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the Central March .