Final day for Calgary's Eau Claire Market

  • 📰 CTVCalgary
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 80 sec. here
  • 3 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 35%
  • Publisher: 68%

United States News News

United States United States Latest News,United States United States Headlines

After 30 years, the shops at Eau Claire Market will open for the last time on Friday, to make way for the Green Line LRT.

The doors are locked on the massive Eau Claire Market so that vendors can empty out their belongings before the June 1 deadline. The market will soon be torn down to make way for the city's $5.5 billion Green Line and its underground downtown LRT station.

"It's really going to be a premier event space for the downtown, for Calgary," he said. "Supporting those kind of mid-to-large size events, 3,000 to 4,000 people, but also be flexible enough so that they can have the day-to-day programming, the impromptu gatherings, a place where people can come, relax, reflect, connect for somebody that they haven't seen for a few years -- have a great coffee.

"I''ve got some friends that are demoing my place, ripping out all of the finishings that I put in myself over the last number of years," he said. "Taking cabinets, countertops, light fixtures, appliances, flooring, whatever they can salvage because we want to put it to use." "I'm definitely not in favour of it, I think that the Green Line for it's cost is, is way out of line."B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton dead following prison attackAlberta Sheriffs shut down Calgary house over suspected drug activityConvicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton, who preyed on women he lured from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to his rural pig farm, has died.

A man serving time for manslaughter is at large after escaping from a healing centre in Edmonton, the fourth to do so since the start of the year.The Grande Prairie Recovery Community, a long-term treatment facility for addiction and mental health challenges, is set to open in 2027.In the early hours of Monday morning, a grizzly bear and her two cubs broke into a sheep pen on a farm at the Spring Point Hutterite Colony near Brocket, Alta.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 26. in US

United States United States Latest News, United States United States Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Eau Claire Market movie theatre closes downMovie fans gathered at the Eau Claire Market Cineplex for its final showings this weekend.
Source: CTVCalgary - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

Calgary says goodbye to Eau Claire Market as expropriated residents fight onThese are the final hours for Eau Claire Market, and the final days for residents of a nearby townhouse complex.
Source: CTVCalgary - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

A heartfelt goodbye to Eau Claire Market and all it could have beenEau Claire Market in Calgary pictured on May 3, 2024. The market is scheduled to be closed for demolition on May 31.
Source: CBCCalgary - 🏆 78. / 51 Read more »

Record market highs, Cisco earnings: Market Domination OvertimeOn today's episode of Market Domination Overtime, Yahoo Finance Hosts Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton reflect on the trading day and break down what to watch on ...
Source: YahooFinanceCA - 🏆 47. / 63 Read more »