busy week ...water main break ... Wasserrohrbruch vor dem Haus...

A small water main break in front of our house caused some problems.
After calling 311 City of Toronto's hot line City workers arrived very quickly, assessed the situation and fixed the broken water pipe. The crew filled the big hole, new grass replaced the damaged area and repaired the driveway.
Well done...
The City of Toronto websites states that an average of 1,400 water main breaks occur annually.  Lot's of water goes down the drain because of mechanical or structural failure of underground pipes. Besides Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke has the highest break rates because of  their water mains are located in heavy clay soil as opposed to sandy soil.

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Christmas in the City of Toronto ...Weihnachten in der Stadt Toronto

Last Saturday, thousands packed Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square for the lighting ceremony of the official Christmas tree. The one-hour celebration included several performances and was concluded by a spectacular fireworks display.

Toronto has a decade-long tradition of keeping a Christmas tree on Nathan Phillips Square, the square in front of New City Hall. The tree lighting ceremony is the official start of the Christmas season in the city.

The lighting ceremony, which started at 7 p.m., lured thousands of people to Nathan Phillips Square. The publicly-accessible parts of Nathan Phillips Square were packed, and so were the elevated walkways around the square, as well as the skating rink.

The other pictures show pictures from the well-known Eaton Centre, this mall is Toronto's most visited tourist attraction and is one of Canada's top shopping destinations.

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Letzten Samstag, tausende namen an der Beleuchtungszeremonie des offiziellen Weihnachtsbaumes der Stadt Toronto am Nathan Phillips Square teil.  Die einstündige Feier wurde von einem spektakulären Feuerwerk beendet und beinhaltete Musik und  Eislauf Vorführungen.

Toronto hat eine Jahrzehnt-lange Tradition, einen Weihnachtsbaum vor dem neuen Rathaus am Nathan Phillips Square aufzustellen. Die Beleuchtungszeremonie ist der offizielle Anfang der Weihnachtszeit in der Stadt.

Andere Foto zeigen das weltweit bekannte Eaton's Centre, Toronto's beliebtes Einkaufszentrum für alle Touristen und Besucher aus nah und fern.

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