The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Almost 4,000 athletes are participating in this week’s Gay Games, with 22 sports being contested at 14 Guadalajara metro-area venues.
In this monthly series, we republish a few of the headlines from our October editions 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago.
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Tourist tips
• Ferry landing complexes are under construction at Puerto Vallarta and Cabo San Lucas in preparation for next year’s opening of scheduled ferry service linking the mainland with the southern-most tip of the Baja California peninsula.
After years of talk, Guadalajara will finally be connected to a major Canadian city with a nonstop flight.
There are several Otis collection centers distributed throughout Guadalajara, one of the main ones located in the pedestrian walkway (La Rambla Cataluña) alongside the Universidad de Guadalajara rectory, on Avenida Juárez. Open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Work on the Purgatorio Dam on the Verde River to the north of Guadalajara began in 2013, with the main aim of receiving and storing water from the Zapotillo Dam under construction further upstream.
In the first-ever ruling of its kind, a Jalisco judge has sentenced a man to 19 months in prison for suffocating a dog to death.
Tim Hortons, the popular Canadian multinational coffeehouse and restaurant chain, has opened its first outlet in Mexico City, in the high-end Samara Shops shopping center in the upmarket Santa Fe neighborhood.
Disaster struck Guadalajara’s Formula One race driver Sergio “Checo” Perez at the Mexican Grand Prix last Sunday when he careened off the track at the first corner while attempting a daring overtaking maneuver.
This amazing costume, adorned with marigold flowers, stole the show at the annual Dia de los Muertos parade organized by the Art, Architecture and Design Department of the University of Guadalajara, held in the city center on October 28.
