Canada's Wonderland

Canada's Wonderland is a 330-acre (130 ha) theme park located in Vaughan, Ontario, a suburb approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Toronto. Opened in 1981 by the Taft Broadcasting Company and The Great-West Life Assurance Company as the first major theme park in Canada, it remains the country's largest. The park was owned by Paramount Parks from 1993 to 2006 when it was known as Paramount Canada's Wonderland. Cedar Fair purchased the park in 2006 dropping Paramount from the title. Canada's Wonderland has been the most visited seasonal amusement park in North America for several consecutive years. In 2014, it was the second most visited park in the Cedar Fair chain, behind Knott's Berry Farm, with approximately 3.5 million visitors.

Canada's Wonderland is open daily from May to September, and then only on weekends through early November. The park features 16 roller coasters, tied with Cedar Point for the second most roller coasters in an amusement park behind Six Flags Magic Mountain. Canada's Wonderland also features a 20-acre (8.1 ha) water park called Splash Works, and during the fall season, a Halloween-themed event called Halloween Haunt.

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[VIDEO] 'Dinosaur-sized' alligator captured on video in Florida

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Alligators are common sightings in Florida. However, a new video that shows a massive “dinosaur-sized” alligator crossing a dirt road is gradually taking the internet by storm, The Inquisitor reports.The footage shows the massive crocodilian casually walking on all fours as several tourists watch in amazement.While many people might have seen alligators move around, the sheer size of this one is sure to make you go bonkers....

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VIDEO: Large Atmospheric Wave Observed on Venus From Japanese Spacecraft

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A giant wave in the atmosphere was observed by a Japanese spacecraft may be the largest of its kind in the Solar System, according to BBC News ... The clouds travel much faster at the altitude of Venus' cloud tops compared to the surface where a Venusian day lasts longer than it takes for the planet to orbit the Sun ... Gravity waves happen when a fluid including a liquid, gas, or plasma gets displaced from a position of equilibrium....

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8 Shot, Including 11-Year-Old, Amid MLK Celebration in Miami: Police

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Police: 5 Killed in Shooting at Mexican Resort Nightclub

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A shooting attack at an electronic music festival in Mexico's Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen on Monday left five people dead, including two Canadians, an Italian and a Colombian, authorities said. The attorney general of Quintana Roo state said that several of the dead appear to have been part of the security detail at the 10-day BPM electronic music festival ... Pech said it was not any kind of terrorist attack....

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Bill English, left, address the media during a joint news conference as part of a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017.

'Europe's fate is in our hands': Angela Merkel's defiant reply to Trump

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Chancellor makes curt comment on US president-elect’s remarks about Germany as senior colleagues defend policies. @philipoltermann. Angela Merkel has responded curtly but defiantly after Donald Trump cast further doubt on his commitment to Nato and gave strong hints that he would not support EU cohesion once in office ... “He has presented his positions once more. They have been known for a while ... Brexit a 'great thing'. Read more ... Twitter ... ....

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UPDATE 1-British Columbia kicks off relief plan for home buyers

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VANCOUVER, Jan 16 (Reuters) - First-time home buyers in British Columbia, home to Canada's most expensive real estate market, started applying in small numbers for loans from the provincial government on Monday under a program it says will make ownership more affordable. ....

British Columbia launches loan program for first-time home buyers

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Economists have warned the B.C. Home Owner Mortgage and Equity Partnership – an interest-free loan program aimed at new buyers – could inflate an already overheated real estate market ... ....

In British Columbia, demand for naloxone kits soars as fentanyl crisis continues

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The program, which is run by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, distributed 16,597 kits to individual drug users and facilities such as shelters in 2016 ... ....