Confirmation has been received by the Downtown Timmins BIA that Santa Claus will be in town Saturday night, bringing up the rear of the annual parade named in his honour.
Executive director Cory Robin says 65 entries of floats, businesses and groups are entered.
And at the end of the parade route, LaRonde is back as a warming station serving hot chocolate to participants.
Robin notes that it’s been a while since that last happened.
“Between the building being reconstructed and a few years of scheduling conflicts, we’re back on the same page and we’re happy to have them back,” he says.
The parade begins at 6:00pm along the traditional route: Spruce Street to Algonquin Boulevard, turning onto Pine Street and then Third Ave. It turns right onto Mountjoy, ending at LaRonde.
Robin says hundreds of people are in the parade, and he expects about ten-tenthousand to watch it.
