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A Tartana horse dies on the streets of Las Palmas
A horse working with the tartana tourist traps in the capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, collapsed this Monday morning, May 14, in Calle Juan Rejón street, near to the Plaza Manuel Becerra . The incident has forced the temporary closure to traffic of the road. Policia Local agents of the port district went to assist the driver and the animal, named Tristón, who, it is reported, received urgent attention until his death was confirmed. The Local Police have warned that the road will remain...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 11-13 May 2018
What a weekend ahead for with weather predictions from Spanish State Meteorology service AEMET promising good weather for the south but for the northern parts of the island, well ... we'll just have to wait and see. There is a double whammy of celebrations going on around Maspalomas with the pride parade and a traditional Romeria both happening on the same day. There will also be an amazing ecology and sustainability fair happening in Arucas, AND games and comics in Telde, and much much...
British press fuel fears of “mega-eruption” on Tenerife’s Mount Teide
Those ever accurate bastions of truth, the English tabloid press, have once again fueled fears in England of a volcanic eruption on Tenerife's Mount Teide, potentially ruining everyone's holidays, after a 'journalist' first read and quoted something here on The Canary News. A seismic swarm registered on the island in recent weeks has apparently created more alarm in the British newspapers than even here on the islands. Several tabloids in the United Kingdom have shown seemingly deep and...
Gran Canaria again awarded the most “blue flags” for clean beaches in The Canary Islands
Gran Canaria received 3 more blue flags than our neighbour Tenerife this year, but also lost a blue flag from one of it's more important tourist beaches, Playa de Mogán. The other smaller Canary Islands all received the accolade reserved for the world's cleanest and most pristine coastlines: Lanzarote received 7, Fuerteventura 8, the island of La Palma 5, La Gomera 2, and the western island of El Hierro, 1. The official blue flag beaches on Gran Canaria for 2018 are : Las Canteras in Las...
The Saint: Las Palmas V Getafe
06/05/2018 Just a couple of weeks after relegation was confirmed with a home defeat against Alaves the fans are certainly voting with their feet and staying away from the Gran Canaria Stadium. This must be the lowest numbers I've seen in my 10 years of coming to see UD Las Palmas play, this time against European hopefuls Getafe. Earlier pressure by LP, wins a corner just 3 mins in LP win another corner on 8mins and this time a good header is produced by Gálvez but it hits the bar...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 4-6 May
May is here and summer is just around the corner, yet weather predictions by Spanish Meterological Agency AEMET show possibilities of some rain this weekend across the Island. Remember too that this Sunday Spanish Mother's Day, El Día de la Madre, is celebrated also. 04-5 May, Gran Canaria 42 Rally Islas Canarias Its Rally time and when there is a rally it also means road closures and traffic restrictions. On Friday stages are driven in Valsequillo, San Mateo and in Artenara. On Saturday...
50 earthquakes and tremors in 24 hours around Gran Canaria
Last Sunday the earth beneath the Canaries archipelago began to shake as a series of more than 50 earthquakes and tremors started to rumble under the sea, as they have for the last 2 days now, primarily focused on the channel that lies between Gran Canaria and Tenerife. The waters separating the eastern islands of Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria, however, were where the largest quake so far in this latest series was recorded just after 6am on Monday morning, measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale,...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 27-29 April 2018
It's the last weekend in April and there are some stupendous events happening over the coming days for you to go and see... and taste! There are the Strawberry Fair in Valsequillo, The Potato Fair in Firgas and a Cheese Fair in Guia. In the capital Las Palmas there is an "outlet" fashion festival as well as an electric vehicle fair. The picturesque south-west village of Puerto de Mogán once again becomes a live artists' studio with the return of the quick-painting contest and there is even a...
Newsbrief: Maspalomas rental bicycle thief caught after selling bike in Vecindario.
Agents of the Policia Nacional last week detained a 31-year-old man, with numerous previous police records, as the alleged perpetrator of a theft in Maspalomas, after he apparently sold a stolen bicycle, owned by a rental company and valued at 700 euros, to a second-hand store. A British tourist had originally reported the bicycle he had rented had been stolen. An off duty agent of the Policia local in the capital recognised the stolen bicycle, which he saw was for sale in a Vecindario at...
Mogán kicks off Gran Canaria project for reforestation of ravines through the Green Forest Fund
A 5,000 square meter public plot of Mogán land, next to the village of Veneguera, has been cleared specifically for tree planting after the summer. The projected has been financed with about €5,000 from the "Green Forestry Fund" of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria. Mogán has thereby become the first municipality on the Island to carry out ravine reforestation, as part of the the island government's wider reforestation project. Several tons of rubbish, solid waste and plant debris were removed along...
