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Those blasted cannons
Did you notice the explosions occurring in downtown Winnipeg on Tuesday?
Did your car alarm inexplicably start going off.
It was those extremely loud cannons being fired off at the Legislature (not AT the Legislature...you know what I mean). As is tradition, members of 26 Field Artillery Regiment from 38 Canadian Brigade Group fired a 15-gun cannon salute to signal the start of a new session of the Legislative Assembly. Photographer Trevor Hagan captured it from every angle.
If you've only ever heard the cannons being fired, then here's your chance to see them in action. Like any kind of explosion or firing of weapons, it's just plain fun to watch, IMHO.
And for some comic relief, listen closely to the car alarms that follow every firing, right on cue.
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About Tyler Walsh
After a short but successful stint on CKND-TV's The Great Spelling Bee in 1993, Tyler Walsh knew the bright lights of television were in his future. That was before the World Wide Web came along. He lived the dream for five years, working as a news producer at Global Television in Winnipeg. Never one to back away from a challenge, Tyler left the TV business behind and joined the Winnipeg Free Press in 2008 as the company's first Multimedia Editor. He's worked with the online team and photo department to shape and grow the video product at winnipegfreepress.com, which now includes live streaming video, documentary features and live and interactive events from Canada's first News Café, which is where you'll find Tyler and other members of the online team. Feel free to drop by 237 McDermot Avenue and engage Tyler in conversation about one of three topics: Video editing, curling or Star Trek.
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