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Experience ‘your worst nightmare’ at 2017 Fort Fright packages include admission, coffin rides and a Tales from the Tunnels haunted walk as well as admission to the Improbable Escapes feature on site. mandymarciniak@metroland.com A new timed entry ticketing system has also been Fort Fright is back for another year of scares and this implemented offering tour times every 15 minutes with year, the attraction invites guest to experience their worst limited capacity that will manage crowds and ensure everyone gets an equally frightful experience. Guest are also nightmare. This year's attraction, the 10th annual at the historic invited to save on admission Thriller Thursdays offering site, is entitled "Welcome to Your Worst Nightmare" and lower pricing of $18 per person as opposed to the usual starts with a young girl laying in bed dreaming - or rather $20. Guest may also purchase a special Safety Amulet for experiencing nightmares. Guests are then asked to enter $5 if they feel they are not up for the scares from the on her nightmare where they encounter scary playgrounds, site actors, but still want to see the site. Fort Fright is open Thursday to Sunday opening at 7 ghoulish figures, mad scientists and more. This year includes some new features like the Total p.m. Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, Oct. 5 to 8 and Oct. 12 to 15, it is Scare package, which is available in limited quantities each then open nightly from October 19 to 29 from 6:30 p.m. evening with specific time slots between 7 and 9 p.m. These Check website for full details at www.forthenry.com. BY MANDY MARCINIAK
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Some commemorative Vimy Oak trees will soon be taking root around the city, but not as many as expected. Councillors approved the purchase of six Vimy Oak saplings instead of the 100 saplings that they initially wanted. The saplings, descendants of the acorns of a shattered oak tree from the infamous 1917 battle of Vimy Ridge, are grown in a Hamilton-area nursery and sold as commemorative trees by the Vimy Oaks Legacy Corporation. City staff say the nursery only has so many saplings to go around and they can’t get the quantity originally requested by council. “It was determined that there are less [sic] than 1,000 saplings available and they are intended for individual or small-quantity sales to purchasing organizations.” Each sapling will cost $125, plus shipping costs. Staff have identifi ed a handful of potential sites where the trees could be planted for commemorative reasons, in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Vimy Oaks project. The locations are: City Park near the Wounded Soldier monument, City Park near the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery monument, Macdonald-Memorial Park near the Cross of Sacrifice, and the Memorial Centre near the Memorial Wall. Continued on page 3
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