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Cannon Street (Hamilton, Ontario)
Cannon Street, is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Queen Street North as a one-way street (Westbound) up to Sherman Avenue North where it then switches over to a two-way street the rest of the way Eastward and ends just past Kenilworth Avenue North on ''Barons Avenue'' and merges with ''Britannia Avenue'', a street that runs parallel with ''Cannon Street'' from Ottawa Street North to ''Barons Avenue''. History ''Cannon Street'' was originally called ''Henry Street''. The section between Bay and James Streets was called ''Miles Street''. The origins of the ''Cannon'' street name remains a mystery for local historians. Cannon Street today at Brian Timmis/ former Ivor Wynne Stadium/ Tim Horton's Field location is also known as ''Bernie Faloney Way'' which is named after the quarterback who played for the local CFL team, Hamilton Ti-Cats, between the years of 1957-64. On 24 May 1909 a Coney Island-type amusement park was opened in Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laidlaw Memorial United Church
Laidlaw (), organized as Laidlaw International, Inc. (with corporate headquarters in Naperville, Illinois) was the largest provider of intercity bus services, contract public transit and paratransit, and school bus contractor, contract school bus service in both the United States and Canada. In February 2007, FirstGroup, a bus and rail transportation operator in the United Kingdom with subsidiaries in North America, acquired Laidlaw International, Inc. FirstGroup completed the acquisition of Laidlaw International on October 1, 2007, and rebranded Laidlaw services under the First umbrella. The deal combined North America’s two largest private school bus operators—Education Services and First Student Inc.—giving them a combined 40% of the school bus contractor market. Laidlaw had grown primarily through acquisitions of other companies and independent contractor, contracting of services formerly directly provided by government entities. It was the parent company of Laidlaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |