Yes, more image from Toronto. Today, I bring you to the Chinatown.

Chinatown (Chinese: 多倫多華埠) is an ethnic enclave in Downtown Toronto with a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses extending along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue. First developed in the late 19th century, it is now one of the largest Chinatowns in North America and one of several major Chinese-Canadian communities in the Greater Toronto Area

[Wikipedia]

More Toronto Chinatown images on my stock photo site.

Stalls of vegetables are seen in Toronto Chinatown April 19, 2010. Toronto Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in Downtown Toronto with a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses extending along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue
A man walks by stalls of vegetables Toronto Chinatown.

A vendor reading a Chinese newspaper is seen behind stalls in Toronto Chinatown April 23, 2010. Toronto Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in Downtown Toronto with a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses extending along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon
A vendor reads a Chinese newspaper behind stalls in Toronto Chinatown

A woman and her daughter look at vegetables on display on a stall installed on the sidewalk on Spadina avenue in Toronto Chinatown April 23, 2010. Toronto Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in Downtown Toronto with a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses extending along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon
A woman and her daughter look at vegetables on display on a stall installed on the sidewalk on Spadina avenue in Toronto Chinatown.

Mushrooms are on display in stalls in Toronto Chinatown April 19, 2010. Toronto Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in Downtown Toronto with a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses extending along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon
Mushrooms are on display in stalls in Toronto Chinatown

With eclectic shops, cafes and restaurants, Kensington Market is my preferred spot in Toronto. That’t the first pace I went to shoot in the morning after my first night at the hotel. It’s a distinctive multicultural neighborhood where you can hear probably 50 different languages if you sit on a bench for an hour.

A woman walks in front of a graffiti in Toronto Kensington Market April 19, 2010. With eclectic shops, cafes and other attractions, Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario
A woman walks in front of a graffiti in Toronto Kensington Market.

Vendors prepares the stalls in front of a fruit market store early in the morning in Toronto Kensington Market April 19, 2010. With eclectic shops, cafes and other attractions, Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario
Vendors prepares the stalls in front of a fruit market store early in the morning in Toronto Kensington Market.

A vendor looks on her stalls in Toronto Kensington Market April 19, 2010. With eclectic shops, cafes and other attractions, Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Press Images/Francis Vachon
A vendor looks on her stalls in Toronto Kensington.

The Financial District is a business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, sometime just refered to “Bay Street”, the main artery of the area. It is the centre of Toronto’s financial district and is often used by metonymy to refer to Canada’s financial industry just as Wall Street is used in the United States and The City in the United Kingdom.

On a recent trip to the city to add pictures to my archives, getting photos of that area was crucial. So you can find more stock photos of Toronto Financial District on my stock site.

A Bank of Montreal office is seen in Toronto financial district April 19, 2010. The Bank of Montreal (in French, Banque de Montréal, commonly BMO in either language), or BMO Financial Group, is the fourth largest bank in Canada by deposits.
A Bank of Montreal office is seen in Toronto financial district.

A woman talking on her cell phone walks by a Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce office in Toronto financial district April 19, 2010. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (in French, Banque Canadienne Imperiale de Commerce, and commonly CIBC in either language) is one of Canada's chartered banks, fifth largest by deposits.
A woman talking on her cell phone walks by a Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce office in Toronto financial district.

National Bank Financial logo is seen in Toronto financial district
National Bank Financial logo is seen in Toronto financial district

A man on a skateboard rides in front of a the Standard Life Centre in Toronto financial district April 19, 2010.  Formerly a mutual society, Standard Life plc (LSE: SL.) is a financial services institution based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
A man on a skateboard rides in front of a the Standard Life Centre in Toronto financial district.

A man talking on his cell phone walks by a CIBC logo in Toronto financial district
A man talking on his cell phone walks by a CIBC logo in Toronto financial district

CIBC logo is seen on top of their headquarters in Toronto financial district
CIBC logo is seen on top of their headquarters in Toronto financial district

Selection Regis Labeaume Le Sélection du Reader’s Digest, une des revues les plus lue au monde, a consacré la dernière page couverture de son édition Canadienne-française au maire de Québec Régis Labeaume.

Après quelques négociation et recherches de leur part, ils ont finalement décidé d’utiliser un portait de Labeaume tiré de ma banque d’image. L’article est en ligne sur le site de Sélection.

Labeaume à récement reçu un agrandissement des mains de l’éditeur, mais je n’ai malheureusement pas été mis au courant. Par chance, Le Journal de Québec était sur place.

Yesterday, 4 PM. I am slowly and robotically editing and post producing stock photos I shot in Toronto. Then the call comes. The Gazette wants me at the National Assembly in 30 minutes to get photos of a press conference by Jean Charest. Gathering the camera, getting in the car, making a small detour to get my accreditation… Not supposed to be able to do it on time, but I fly down there and managed to arrive before Charest arrives.

As expected, it was about Tony Tomassi, finally ousted from the Liberal cabinet, after months of pressure following allegation of corruption.

So here is Quebec Premier Jean Charest grimacing, then looking down.

Jean Charest


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