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Old Posted Jul 4, 2015, 5:56 PM
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And for anyone wondering, that's Fusion Festival going on right now in Holland park in the foreground. I'ts a celebration of multiculturalism and diversity I think.
It's actually Fvded in the Park, a small music music festival similar to Squamish or Pemberton. You can see the word Fvded on the screens.
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 4, 2015, 7:13 PM
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View from the top of the new Murray condos in Griffintown.

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Old Posted Jul 4, 2015, 8:03 PM
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^ Lol toronto looks like some kind of tropical place in that shoot
     
     
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It's actually Fvded in the Park, a small music music festival similar to Squamish or Pemberton. You can see the word Fvded on the screens.
oh? I had no idea. i've just been hearing so many ads for fusion festival on the radio and must have mixed up the dates
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 4, 2015, 8:39 PM
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Love this one.

And this is the definitive vantage point.

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Old Posted Jul 4, 2015, 10:13 PM
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Wow, thanks for reminding. I think I posted'em a while ago !
Two very different cities, hence both are beautiful in their own way !

IMO, that shoot of Montreal is featuring the BEST angle of Montreal skyline, especially with one of the province's nicest bridge.
     
     
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What I find particularly interesting about this photo is a fairly busy public park event going on on one side of the road, and a relatively empty mall parking lot on the other. How did all those people get to this event?
     
     
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Old Posted Jul 5, 2015, 3:55 AM
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What I find particularly interesting about this photo is a fairly busy public park event going on on one side of the road, and a relatively empty mall parking lot on the other. How did all those people get to this event?
It's 500 metres from a SkyTrain station. It's really not the kind of event you want people driving to.
     
     
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Toronto, from Dufferin / Davenport, by me:

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It's 500 metres from a SkyTrain station. It's really not the kind of event you want people driving to.
Can confirm. I took the skytrain today and it was unusual to see so many people getting off at King George station at 5pm all ready to party.
     
     
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This just in: CHAOS IN VANCOUVER!!

With huge fires approaching the city the streets are empty after thousands of people have fled the city! Those that did not have the time to escape before roadblocks were set to close all roads from Downtown core are now taking shelter from looters in empty glass towers. According to news channels Canadian Armed Forces are expected to be sending search and rescue missions into Downtown to help remaining survivors. At this point there is no word on number of casualties.

Some scientist say that is the beginning of chain of events that will eventually turn British Columbia to Wasteland like seen in the new Mad Max movie.




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Old Posted Jul 5, 2015, 5:26 PM
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Old Posted Jul 5, 2015, 5:46 PM
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This shocking amateur photograph just posted on Twitter shows the dying light before the smoke engulfes whole city. Shortly after power was lost city wide and all communications to and from Vancouver went dark.

Developing story...


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BREAKING NEWS: there are now SKYSCRAPERS BURNING IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER!

At this point we cannot confirm how many casualties there might be, but there are tweets about people jumping from burning buildings. With no fire fighters left in the city, buildings are said to burn out of control.





With the thick plume of smoke it has become extremely difficult to move in or out of the city. Only a group of professional smoke divers and local pot heads are able to participate in the search and rescue operations at this time.

Prime Minister of Canada is expected to make a statement on the catastrophy in Vancouver on national television in the next hour. There are rumours that Primer Minister Harper will be revealing more details on the cause of this huge firestorm which has been speculated to have started from a group of Liberal hippies having had a evening of sing-along and kumbaya around an open bonfire in Stanley Park on Saturday evening.

It is also expected that the evacuation zone will be moved from west of Main Street to cover everything north of Fraser River. The current evacuation center is based in Surrey Center with a temporary lightrail line having been established by the CAF pioneers to help move aid in and out of the city after request by Mayor Linda Hepner. Vancouver Mayor George Robertson is said to be MIa, having last been seen riding his bicycle down a smokey bikelane.

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The Martians are also invading and may have been responsible for the spread of fire!!
     
     
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