Vancouver mayor looking to bring back Canada Day fireworks
Posted May 25, 2023 5:05 pm.
Last Updated May 25, 2023 5:06 pm.
After the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority announced the Canada Day fireworks celebration will be cancelled indefinitely, the city’s mayor says he’s looking to bring them back.
In a tweet posted Thursday afternoon, Ken Sim said, “Fireworks have long been a part of Canada in Vancouver and we’re incredibly disappointed to see them cancelled this year.”
“We will be reaching out to the Port Authority to discuss this further and hope to see a return of Canada Day fireworks in the coming years,” the mayor wrote.
Fireworks have long been a part of Canada Day in Vancouver and we’re incredibly disappointed to see them cancelled this year.
We will be reaching out to the Port Authority to discuss this further and hope to see a return of Canada Day fireworks in the coming years.#vanpoli https://t.co/s3EPt1Dlqx
— Mayor Ken Sim (@KenSimCity) May 25, 2023
Sim’s tweet comes one day after the port authority confirmed to CityNews that the annual fireworks celebration has been cancelled moving forward as part of a rebranding and cost-cutting effort.
“As part of that reimagining, we decided to discontinue the fireworks. That was a decision we made last year, and it was sort of an ongoing decision that wasn’t something that would be revisited each year and we just really wanted to better align ourselves with this new direction for the event,” Gillian Behnke, manager of community relations and events with the port authority told CityNews on Wednesday.
The last time the fireworks were held was in 2019 before pandemic restrictions prompted subsequent cancellations.
CityNews has reached out to the port authority for comment.
With files from Emily Marsten and Sonia Aslam
