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Montreal Alouettes fans march in the Grey Cup Festival Parade in Calgary, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. Thousands turned out for the parade that featured over 80 entries ranging from marching bands to Olympic athletes. The Montreal Alouettes face the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 97th Grey Cup on Sunday. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
Football fans brave the cold at Grey Cup parade in Calgary
Updated: Sat Nov. 28 2009 5:19:58 PM
The Canadian Press
CALGARY — Thousands of Canadian football fans lined downtown streets in Calgary this morning for the Grey Cup parade.
The parade started 20 minutes late because of an ice hazard left over from a quick-moving snowstorm late Friday.
But even though the windchill was sitting at minus-4, the fans bundled up to watch and enjoy the occasion.
Calgary's Elisha Cuthbert, a star of the television series 24, was the parade Grand Marshal.
Fans from all CFL teams were proudly wearing their colours along the route but the primary colour was green in honour of western contender the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
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