Pearson Field Dedication -1925
Historic newsreel footage from the 1925 dedication in honor of Lieutenant Alexander Pearson, Jr.a pioneering U.S. Army pilot who was killed in an accident the year before. Note the bridge in the background, which still carries Interstate 5 between Vancouver and Portland
USA: Russian Ambassador Antonov commemorates 82nd anniv. of first transpolar flight
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Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov visited the Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver, Washington on Saturday, commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the first transpolar flight, which started in the Soviet Union and landed where the museum is currently located.
Eighty-two years ago during these days, the Pearson field became historic ground in Soviet-United States and now in Russian-United States relations, Antonov said.
The ambassador and Vancouver's mayor laid wreaths at the monument commemorating the Russian aviation feat.
Soviet test pilot Valery Chkalov completed the feat on June 20 1937, when he landed at the Pearson Airfield after flying for 63 hours from Moscow, a distance of some 8,811 kilometres (5,475 miles).
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Points of interest in and around Vancouver, Washington include Fort Vancouver National Historical Site, Esther Short Park, George C. Marshall House, Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Officers’ Row, Vancouver Land Bridge, Vancouver Lake Park, Pearson Field and Pearson Air Museum, Vancouver National Historic Reserve, Salmon Creek Park, and the Ulysses S. Grant House.
Zip codes for Vancouver, WA include 98660, 98661, 98662, 98663, 98664, 98665, 98666, 98668, 98682, 98683, 98684, 98685, 98686, and 98687.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Vancouver, Washington has a total area of 49.86 square miles (129.14 km2), of which, 46.46 square miles (120.33 km2) is land and 3.40 square miles (8.81 km2) is water.
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Ventilation is the process of changing or replacing air in any space to control temperature or remove any combination of moisture, odors, smoke, heat, dust, airborne bacteria, or carbon dioxide, and to replenish oxygen. Ventilation includes both the exchange of air with the outside as well as circulation of air within the building. It is one of the most important factors for maintaining acceptable indoor air quality in buildings. Methods for ventilating a building may be divided into mechanical/forced and natural types.
Air conditioning and refrigeration are provided through the removal of heat. Heat can be removed through radiation, convection, or conduction. Refrigeration conduction media such as water, air, ice, and chemicals are referred to as refrigerants. A refrigerant is employed either in a heat pump system in which a compressor is used to drive thermodynamic refrigeration cycle, or in a free cooling system which uses pumps to circulate a cool refrigerant (typically water or a glycol mix).
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Kaiser carrier veteran: Bob Thomas
WWII Veteran Bob Thomas shares stories of the time he served on the USS Makin Island, an escort carrier built at Vancouver's Kaiser Shipyards.
75th Anniversary of the Chkalov Flight - documentary
Throughout the history of aviation there have been many firsts. One such event was the first non-stop transpolar flight from Moscow in the then Soviet Union to Vancouver, Washington 75 years ago.
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Ulysses S. Grant portrayed by E. C. Fields, Jr., Ph.D. at the NCWC Civil War Reenactment
E. C. Fields, Jr., Ph.D. did a fantastic job portraying General Ulysses S. Grant at the Northwest Civil War Council Civil War Reenactment, Labor Day Weekend at the Clatsop County Fair & Expo Center in Astoria, Washington USA. Doctor Fields is from Tennessee and NCWC really appreciated his knowledge and expertise on the Civil War and General Grant. He also took the time to visit Fort Vancouver, where Grant served as the regimental quartermaster for the Fourth U.S. Infantry and later was post and depot quartermaster. Much later he was promoted to 3 Star General during the Civil War making him Commander of the Army, the highest ranking officer in the Union Army. Several years after the Civil War, he was elected President of the United States.
Honolulu International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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Honolulu International Airport
00:02:32 1 History
00:13:15 1.1 Modernization and history since 2006
00:16:39 2 Authority
00:17:38 3 Facilities and aircraft
00:19:30 4 Terminals
00:20:26 4.1 Terminal 1
00:21:11 4.2 Terminal 2
00:22:29 4.3 Terminal 3
00:23:27 5 Airlines and destinations
00:23:37 5.1 Passenger
00:23:45 5.2 Cargo
00:23:53 5.3 Fixed-base operators
00:24:23 6 Traffic and statistics
00:27:13 6.1 Top destinations
00:27:22 6.2 Airline market share
00:27:31 6.3 Annual traffic
00:27:39 7 Public transport
00:28:28 8 Accidents and incidents
00:31:46 9 In popular culture
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Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL), also known as Honolulu International Airport, is the principal aviation gateway of the City and County of Honolulu on Oahu in the State of Hawaii. It is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.The airport is named after the U.S. Senator and Medal of Honor recipient Daniel K. Inouye, who represented Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. The airport is located in the Honolulu census-designated place three miles (5 km) northwest of Honolulu's central business district. Main roads leading to the airport are Nimitz Highway and the Queen Liliuokalani Freeway of Interstate H-1.
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport serves as the principal hub of Hawaiian Airlines, the largest Hawaii-based airline. It offers flights between the various airports of the Hawaiian Islands and also serves the continental United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Tahiti, Japan, China, the Philippines, and South Korea. It is host to major United States and international airlines, with direct flights to North American, Asian, and Pacific Rim destinations. In addition to services to most major western cities and many smaller gateways, especially in California, the airport has succeeded in attracting long-haul services to the East Coast including the recently added destinations of Toronto–Pearson and Washington–Dulles, which have joined established services to Atlanta, New York–JFK, and Newark.
It is also the base for Aloha Air Cargo, which previously offered both passenger and cargo services under the name Aloha Airlines. This airline ceased passenger flights on March 31, 2008, and sold off its cargo services to Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, Inc. (also owners of inter-island sea-based shipping company Young Brothers and Hawaiian Tug & Barge).
In 2012, the airport handled 19,291,412 passengers, 278,145 aircraft movements and processed 412,270 metric tons of cargo. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a large-hub primary commercial service facility.
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Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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Halifax Stanfield International Airport
00:01:04 1 History
00:01:13 1.1 Background
00:02:37 1.2 Construction and early years
00:04:37 1.3 Operation Yellow Ribbon
00:06:52 1.4 Renaming
00:07:52 2 Awards
00:09:20 3 Facilities
00:09:29 3.1 Terminal
00:12:46 3.2 Runways and taxiways
00:14:24 3.3 Hotel
00:15:58 3.4 Operations
00:17:34 3.5 Business park
00:17:54 4 Ongoing developments
00:20:01 5 Airlines and destinations
00:20:11 5.1 Passenger
00:20:20 5.2 Cargo
00:20:28 5.3 Charter
00:20:57 6 Statistics
00:21:07 7 Incidents and accidents
00:22:31 8 Ground transport
00:22:40 8.1 Bus
00:23:07 8.2 Car
00:23:45 9 See also
00:24:01 10 Notes
00:24:24 11 External links
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Halifax Stanfield International Airport (IATA: YHZ, ICAO: CYHZ) is a Canadian airport in Goffs, a rural area of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It serves Halifax, mainland Nova Scotia and adjacent areas in the neighbouring Maritime provinces. The airport is named in honour of Robert Stanfield, the 17th Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
The airport, owned by Transport Canada since it was constructed, has been operated since 2000 by the Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA). It forms part of the National Airports System.
Halifax Stanfield is the 8th busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic. It handled a total of 4,083,188 passengers and 84,045 aircraft movements in 2017. It is a hub for Air Canada Express, Cougar Helicopters, Maritime Air Charter, PAL Airlines and SkyLink Express.
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport | Wikipedia audio article
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Daniel K. Inouye International Airport
00:02:32 1 History
00:13:15 1.1 Modernization and history since 2006
00:16:39 2 Authority
00:17:38 3 Facilities and aircraft
00:19:30 4 Terminals
00:20:26 4.1 Terminal 1
00:21:11 4.2 Terminal 2
00:22:29 4.3 Terminal 3
00:23:27 5 Airlines and destinations
00:23:37 5.1 Passenger
00:23:45 5.2 Cargo
00:23:53 5.3 Fixed-base operators
00:24:23 6 Traffic and statistics
00:27:13 6.1 Top destinations
00:27:22 6.2 Airline market share
00:27:31 6.3 Annual traffic
00:27:39 7 Public transport
00:28:28 8 Accidents and incidents
00:31:46 9 In popular culture
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Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL), also known as Honolulu International Airport, is the principal aviation gateway of the City and County of Honolulu on Oahu in the State of Hawaii. It is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.The airport is named after the U.S. Senator and Medal of Honor recipient Daniel K. Inouye, who represented Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. The airport is located in the Honolulu census-designated place three miles (5 km) northwest of Honolulu's central business district. Main roads leading to the airport are Nimitz Highway and the Queen Liliuokalani Freeway of Interstate H-1.
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport serves as the principal hub of Hawaiian Airlines, the largest Hawaii-based airline. It offers flights between the various airports of the Hawaiian Islands and also serves the continental United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Tahiti, Japan, China, the Philippines, and South Korea. It is host to major United States and international airlines, with direct flights to North American, Asian, and Pacific Rim destinations. In addition to services to most major western cities and many smaller gateways, especially in California, the airport has succeeded in attracting long-haul services to the East Coast including the recently added destinations of Toronto–Pearson and Washington–Dulles, which have joined established services to Atlanta, New York–JFK, and Newark.
It is also the base for Aloha Air Cargo, which previously offered both passenger and cargo services under the name Aloha Airlines. This airline ceased passenger flights on March 31, 2008, and sold off its cargo services to Seattle-based Saltchuk Resources, Inc. (also owners of inter-island sea-based shipping company Young Brothers and Hawaiian Tug & Barge).
In 2012, the airport handled 19,291,412 passengers, 278,145 aircraft movements and processed 412,270 metric tons of cargo. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a large-hub primary commercial service facility.
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The first season of The Amazing Race Canada was a reality game show based on the American series The Amazing Race. It featured nine teams of two with pre-existing relationships who raced around Canada for CA$250,000, two Chevrolet Corvette Stingrays and an unlimited air travel for a year with Air Canada. The show was produced by Insight Productions, in association with Bell Media and was broadcast on CTV. The show was hosted by Canadian Olympian Jon Montgomery.
The series premiere aired on July 15, 2013 on CTV, with the season finale airing on September 16, 2013. Father and son Timothy Tim Hague, Sr. & Timothy Tim Hague, Jr. were the winners of this season of The Amazing Race Canada. They were the first parent-child team to win in The Amazing Race franchise and at the time were the first team to win after overcoming two Speed Bumps.
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Transatlantic flight | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:02 1 History
00:02:16 1.1 First transatlantic flights
00:11:25 1.2 Commercial airship flights
00:13:49 1.3 Commercial aeroplane service attempts
00:24:07 1.4 Maturation
00:31:17 1.5 Present day
00:36:08 2 Transatlantic routes
00:39:07 2.1 Busiest transatlantic routes
00:39:27 3 Notable transatlantic flights and attempts
00:39:38 3.1 1910s
00:43:43 3.2 1920s
00:49:20 3.3 1930s
00:54:37 3.4 1940s
00:56:10 3.5 1950s
00:57:22 3.6 1970s
00:57:49 3.7 1980s
00:58:08 4 Other early transatlantic flights
01:01:47 5 Notable transatlantic flights of the 21st century
01:03:33 6 Failed transatlantic attempts of the 21st century
01:05:00 7 Records
01:05:44 8 See also
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A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, or the Middle East to North America, Central America, or South America, or vice versa. Such flights have been made by fixed-wing aircraft, airships, balloons, and other aircraft.
Early aircraft engines did not have the reliability needed for the crossing, nor the power to lift the required fuel. There are difficulties navigating over featureless expanses of water for thousands of miles, and the weather, especially in the North Atlantic, is unpredictable. Since the middle of the 20th century, however, transatlantic flight has become routine, for commercial, military, diplomatic, and other purposes. Experimental flights (in balloons, small aircraft, etc.) present challenges for transatlantic fliers.
Victoria, British Columbia | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:05 1 History
00:03:14 1.1 Early history (1770–1871)
00:07:04 1.2 Modern history (1871–present)
00:10:44 2 Geography
00:10:54 2.1 Topography
00:12:18 2.2 Climate
00:20:11 3 Neighbourhoods
00:20:41 4 Demographics
00:22:17 4.1 Ethnic origins
00:22:26 4.1.1 Population by ethnic origin
00:22:41 4.1.2 Visible minorities and Indigenous population
00:22:52 4.2 Social issues
00:24:08 5 Economy
00:25:13 5.1 Retail
00:26:53 5.2 Technology industry
00:27:50 5.3 Tourism
00:30:48 6 Culture
00:36:20 6.1 Attractions
00:39:38 6.1.1 Outside the city
00:41:06 7 Sports
00:44:15 7.1 Events
00:45:12 7.2 Sports teams
00:47:48 8 Infrastructure
00:51:06 9 Transportation
00:51:15 9.1 Air
00:52:14 9.2 Cycling
00:55:25 9.3 Ferries
00:56:29 9.4 Public transit
00:58:18 9.5 Rail
00:59:09 9.6 Roads
01:02:23 9.7 Other services
01:03:27 10 Education
01:05:46 11 Media
01:06:37 12 Sister cities
01:07:01 13 See also
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Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 85,792, while the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria has a population of 367,770, making it the 15th most populous Canadian metropolitan area. Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with 4,405.8 people per square kilometre, which is a greater population density than Toronto.Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada, and is about 100 km (60 mi) from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about 100 km (60 mi) from Seattle by airplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry which operates daily, year round between Seattle and Victoria, and 40 km (25 mi) from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry Coho across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and, at the time, British North America, Victoria is one of the oldest cities in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia) and the Empress hotel (opened in 1908). The city's Chinatown is the second oldest in North America after San Francisco's. The region's Coast Salish First Nations peoples established communities in the area long before non-native settlement, possibly several thousand years earlier, which had large populations at the time of European exploration.
Known as The Garden City, Victoria is an attractive city and a popular tourism destination with a thriving technology sector that has risen to be its largest revenue-generating private industry. Victoria is in the top twenty of world cities for quality-of-life, according to Numbeo. The city has a large non-local student population, who come to attend the University of Victoria, Camosun College, Royal Roads University, the Victoria College of Art, the Canadian College of Performing Arts, and high school programs run by the region's three school districts. Victoria is popular with boaters with its rugged shorelines and beaches. Victoria is also popular with retirees, who come to enjoy the temperate and usually snow-free climate of the area as well as the usually relaxed pace of the city.
WWU Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony 2015
WWU Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony 2015
February 28, 2015
A standout basketball player, a nationally known ultra-distance runner and a football All-American who has gone on to professional fame made up the Western Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2015.
The trio includes basketball guard Kerri Browitt-Caviezel, who co-captained WWU to a 30-win season in 1988-89; Jim Pearson, recognized as one of the country's greatest runners for distances over 30 miles; and Orlondo Steinauer, who holds WWU and Canadian Football League records.
The WWU Athletics Hall of Fame began in 1968 and is the oldest among all Pacific Northwest colleges and universities. The three inductees bring the hall's membership to 132.
KERRI BROWITT-CAVIEZEL, Women's Basketball
JIM PEARSON, Track and Cross Country
ORLONDO STEINAUER, Football
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Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated NWA) was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines Inc. by a merger. Approved on October 29, 2008, the merger made Delta the largest airline in the world. Northwest continued to operate under its own name and brand until the integration of the carriers was completed on January 31, 2010.
Northwest was headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota near Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. After World War II it became dominant in the trans-Pacific market with a hub in Tokyo, Japan (initially Haneda Airport, later Narita International Airport). After acquiring Republic Airlines in 1986, Northwest also established major hubs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and Memphis International Airport. In 1993 it began a strategic alliance with KLM and a jointly-coordinated European hub at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The Detroit and Minneapolis operations were retained as Delta hubs. However, the Memphis operation has been reduced from more than 300 to fewer than 40 flights a day.
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Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria /vɪkˈtɔriə/ is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 80,017, while the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, has a population of 344,615, making it the 15th most populous Canadian urban region.
Victoria is about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from BC's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Seattle by airplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry which operates daily, year round between Seattle and Victoria and 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Port Angeles, Washington by Coho ferry across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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Honolulu International Airport
Honolulu International Airport is the principal aviation gateway of the City & County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii and is identified as one of the busiest airports in the United States, with traffic now exceeding 21 million passengers a year and rising.
It is located in the Honolulu census-designated place three miles northwest of Oahu's central business district. Main roads leading to the airport are Nimitz Highway and the Queen Liliuokalani Freeway of Interstate H-1.
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Toronto | Wikipedia audio article
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Toronto
00:03:05 1 History
00:03:14 1.1 Before 1800
00:06:02 1.2 1800–1899
00:11:22 1.3 Since 1900
00:16:42 2 Geography
00:17:34 2.1 Topography
00:21:17 2.2 Climate
00:24:34 3 Cityscape
00:24:43 3.1 Architecture
00:26:20 3.2 Neighbourhoods
00:27:45 3.2.1 Old Toronto
00:29:12 3.2.2 Suburbs
00:31:33 3.2.3 Industrial
00:34:54 3.3 Public spaces
00:38:09 4 Culture
00:40:58 4.1 Media
00:42:14 4.2 Tourism
00:44:39 4.3 Sports
00:45:24 4.3.1 Professional sports
00:48:45 4.3.2 Collegiate sports
00:49:25 4.3.3 Events
00:51:12 5 Economy
00:53:30 6 Demographics
00:55:11 6.1 Ethnicity
00:56:49 6.2 Religion
00:57:42 6.3 Language
00:58:37 7 Government
01:01:12 8 Crime
01:04:02 9 Education
01:06:05 10 Infrastructure
01:06:14 10.1 Health and medicine
01:09:08 10.2 Transportation
01:09:36 10.2.1 Public transportation
01:11:43 10.2.2 Airports
01:12:58 10.2.3 Intercity transportation
01:13:47 10.2.4 Road system
01:15:33 11 Notable people
01:15:42 12 Sister cities
01:15:51 12.1 Partnership cities
01:16:18 12.2 Friendship cities
01:16:44 13 See also
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Toronto ( (listen) tə-RON-toh) is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016. Current to 2016, the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA), of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), held a population of 5,928,040, making it Canada's most populous CMA. Toronto is the anchor of an urban agglomeration, known as the Golden Horseshoe in Southern Ontario, located on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, situated on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by United States troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).
The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group, and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, over 160 languages are spoken in the city.Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries, festivals and public events, entertainment districts, national historic sites, and sports activities, attract over 25 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the CN Tower.The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology, design, financial services, life sciences, education, arts, fashion, business services, environmental innovation, food services, and tourism.