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Friday, 11 January 2019

Coronation Street - The Full English in Canada

Coronation Street fans in Canada might like to know about this.

The Orillia Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is offering Corrie fans a full English Breakfast and an omnibus screening of Coronation Street at the Leacock Museum.

The events take place on Sundays starting January 13th. They include a full British breakfast, coffee, tea or a bevvy.

Celebrate with proper food, music, trivia and the weekly omnibus presentation of Coronation Street. Veggie option! $16.95 ea. 10am - 2pm.

Reservations are a good idea! Call 705-329-1908 and all details here.

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Thursday, 17 May 2018

Great news for Coronation Street fans in Canada

We've got some wonderful news for Coronation Street fans in Canada.

The previews are back at Corrie.net

Oh yes, indeed they are. A wonderful lady called Andrea has kindly volunteered to keep our Corrie.net site updated with previews of the week ahead in Canada.

You can read the Canadian previews here.

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Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Canadian Corrie fan writes his own obituary - regrets not knowing how Corrie ends

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has announced that a Corrie fan from Newfoundland in Canada has sadly passed away after a long struggle with colon cancer. But he left behind a master class on how to go out with style.

Shannon Churchill, who was living in Cole Harbour, Nova.Scotia, when he died, addressed his death head-on by writing his own obituary.

"My advice to you all is to make those bucket lists and to start filling them in. Life is short and it only runs out; I should know, I was only 44. So get off your butts and live those lives while you still have them and make sure you really think of what you want to matter on those last days."

Both Shannon and his wife Melissa were big fans of Corrie. Melissa said he joked about the show in his obituary because as fans know, having first started in 1960, it's not likely to end in any of our lifetimes. (CBC Media Centre)

His only (tongue-in-cheek) regret in a life lived to the fullest? That he'll never find out how his beloved Coronation Street will end.

You can read the full obituary below.

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Sunday, 12 November 2017

Hello! Canada offers fans a Coronation Street special

Hello! Canada magazine is offering Coronation Street fans a very special edition of its magazine.

They're offering 'Coronation Street' Greatest Love Stories Special Collector's Edition!

Playing host to more than 100 weddings over the years , Coronation Street has seen its share of romance, passion and tragedy. This photo-packed special addition of Hello! Canada celebrates fans' favourite couples, past and present. Look back on more than five decades of love on the cobbles! Plus, exclusive insights from the stars of the show and their own real-life fairytale endings.

Find out more here!

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Monday, 17 July 2017

Meet Coronation Street's No. 1 Canadian Fan

Coronation Street fan Deborah Cyr in Canada was once named Canada's No. 1 Corrie fan. She's a lovely lady who I've had the pleasure of meeting while she's been over here in the UK on visits to the Coronation Street set.

And now, if you're in Canada and within distance of Oshawa Libraries you can meet Deborah and hear all about her involvement with ITV as Canada's No. 1 Corrie fan.

The event takes place on July 25 at 6:30 PM. You can meet Deborah, ask her all kinds of questions about Coronation Street and try the trivia challenge to win prizes.

You must book a place and the event form is here!

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Friday, 17 July 2015

Corrie photos revealed from City of Toronto Archives

A long-time Coronation Street fan in Canada and a huge fan of the Coronation Street Blog has emailed in with some great pictures to share.

"While searching through an online catalogue from the City of Toronto Archives for photos, I came across a whole slew of photos of Coronation street actors visiting Toronto for a number of Brit events. These photos, though undated, are most likely from the mid 80s, judging by how everybody looks.

This Corrie fan likes to brag about a very tenuous (to the point of totally fragile) connection with Corrie. As a music producer with CBC Radio in the 80’s and 90’s in Toronto, I often had contact with (and for reasons now unimportant, turned down an opportunity to work in Ottawa with [though ironically live here now!]) Harry Elton. I did not know his Corrie importance, however, until reading his obituary when he passed a few years’ back. It was something he didn’t talk much about!"

Hope you enjoy looking at these pictures of some of the Corrie cast signing autographs for fans in Canada.