WATCH: With just one day away from the big game at BC Place Stadium, thousands of football fans packed into the streets of Vancouver for the Grey Cup parade. Jennifer Palma reports.
The annual Grey Cup parade took place in Vancouver on Saturday, as CFL fans from across Canada “braved” temperatures that were cold for Metro Vancouver, but balmy for much of Canada in late November.
People lined Burrard Street and Dunsmuir Street as teams and organizations marched through with their displays.
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One of the groups unique to this year’s parade were four marching bands from B.C.’s Nass Valley, who combined their troupes to celebrate Nisga’a culture.
Former B.C. Lions placekicker Lui Passaglia drew cheers as the grand finale celebrity in the parade as he and six-year-old Lucas Graham, who won a family pack of Grey Cup festivities, threw orange foam footballs to the crowd.
“Tomorrow’s game, I think, is going to be a close affair,” Passaglia said in an interview afterwards.
“Calgary’s the favourite, but I wouldn’t count out the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. They’ve come on pretty good at the end of the year, and they’ve got a pretty good chance of winning.”
Passaglia thought it would be a close game: “I’m predicting Calgary’s going to win 28-24.”
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– With files from The Canadian Press
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