3 d. ago Canada’s Wonderland starting fall chaperone policy amid ‘unruly’ behaviour

Canada’s Wonderland will require guests ages 15 or younger to be accompanied by a chaperone at the amusement park this fall.

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4 d. ago Canada's Wonderland introducing strict new policy starting later this month

Compared to recent seasons, summer 2025 could be considered pretty light in terms of problematic incidents at Canada's Wonderland. Even so, park staff still had to deal with their fair share of troublemakers who tampered with rides and caused all sorts of other issues at the GTA attraction over the last few months.In light of a surge in such incidents at both the Vaughan, Ontario site and across the amusement industry — as well as, perhaps, the terrifying rise in serious crimes perpetrated by teens in general — park management has decided to implement a new policy specifically targeting young people.Ahead of its busy annual Halloween event that kicks off at the end of the month, Wonderland has updated its conduct policy to include a new chaperone rule.Under the new guideline, all entrants aged 15 and under must be accompanied by an adult aged 21 or older after 6 p.m. — and yes, IDs will be checked. In addition, adults accompan...

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1 week ago Someone built a working model of Canada's Wonderland coaster in his yard

While the real Yukon Striker ride at Canada's Wonderland took 13 months to build and years of planning, one audacious YouTuber recently undertook the daring task of constructing a working model of the dive coaster in his yard. The U.K.-based content creator, who runs the YouTube channel TheKnexMaker with 22,000 subscribers, built the world-record-breaking dive coaster last month, completely out of K'NEX and documented his whole process. The legendary roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland holds the record for being the tallest, longest, and fastest dive coaster in the world, with a 245-foot-tall, 90-degree drop and a maximum speed of 130 km/h. It's also the only dive coaster in the world with a 360-degree loop. In the 11-minute video, the YouTuber designs, engineers, and constructs the roller coaster piece by piece (or rather, K'NEX by K'NEX), including its towering vertical drop and all of its twists and turns...

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2 w. ago Canada's Wonderland debunks claim someone tried to take out coaster with hacksaw

Here's a great example of why you shouldn't believe everything you see online.A video of an Aug. 23 incident at Canada's Wonderland that has been gaining attention on social media, claiming that a guest removed from the park tried to damage a roller coaster with a hacksaw, has now been debunked.The video shared to TikTok and widely reposted across social media bears a caption claiming a weapon-wielding man attempted to damage the track of a major roller coaster at the park."A man was arrested for allegedly bringing a hacksaw to cut a track on the Leviathan," reads the caption of the video, while the text on top of saidman arrested at Canada's Wonderland."@shilohbearmusic Man arrested at #canadaswonderland 🤔 #leviathan #arrest #shilohbearmusic ♬ Bad Boys - Inner CircleWhile the video itself didn't show any hacksaws or other cutting tools, let alone someone being put into handcuffs, or even interacting with the police, the damage was ...

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3 w. ago Canada's Wonderland explains viral videos showing 'stuck' rollercoaster

With all of the fanfare surrounding Canada's Wonderland's new record-breaking rollercoaster, AlpenFury, a lot of eyes have been on the busier-than-ever park this season.With that comes the requisite social media posts offering sneak peeks and reviews of the ride, along with countless other videos from customers' days at the Vaughan, Ontario attraction — including, over the last few weeks, some showing another of its major coasters completely stalled with passengers on board.A quick search on TikTok shows a handful of incidents involving the 2012-built Leviathan, on which riders ascend a whopping 96 metres/306 feet — the highest point on the property — before coming face-to-face with an 80 degree drop that takes them through the rest of the ride's hills and turns (at speeds of nearly 150 km/h).As one of the site's larger, newer, and more visibly striking features, it is understandably one of its most&n...

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3 w. ago Here's how much the average home in Toronto is expected to cost by 2032

Toronto's housing market has been struggling lately, with the golden era — when local real estate was a surefire profitable investment — seemingly far behind us.While sales have fallen flat for many months and prices are hurtling downwards, the latest predictions for the industry still foresee the average home in the city getting more expensive in the coming years, albeit not to the degree that many may have assumed (or, for existing homeowners, hoped).A report on the topic that is making headlines this week comes from Concordia University's John Molson School of Business, researchers from which controversially employed AI to anticipate real estate trends across Canada and, based on those figures, suggest relevant public policy reforms.The analysis starts off by citing a "period of crisis" that it says has dominated the market not just in Toronto, but across Canada, fueled by &qu...

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