STEINBACH, MB

Steinbach, Manitoba, founded in 1874 by Russian Mennonites, has grown from a tiny village on an insignificant stony creek into a booming metropolis of nearly 15,000 people where anyone and everyone is free to hold a parade.

The city has been inundated with applications to shut down Main Street to hold parades and festivals this summer. In the past month alone the city has shut down Main Street for a street festival, hosted the largest rural Pride parade in the country, and held an outdoor screening of Zootopia. All of this was before today’s well-attended Pioneer Days parade this morning.

While the Pride Parade attracted national media attention, the Pioneer Days parade has been noteworthy for its aggressive throwing of candy, and Major League scouts have already signed a

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