Comments on: Celebration of Light Fireworks Cancelled for 2009

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test — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:48:57 +0000

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By: Rogue Folk Shorefest at the Celebration of Light » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:32:45 +0000

[...] totally un-canceled Celebration of Light fireworks nightime summer fun extravaganza blitz is upon us once again however this year a new radio station [...]

By: Link Fest: Free Vancouver Events July 2009 » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:16:29 +0000

[...] Vancouver’s free fireworks spectacular, the Celebration of Light, (that was in danger earlier this year) is back again with a kick-off performance by Canada July [...]

By: BC Liquor Store Opens on Robson » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Thu, 28 May 2009 04:28:13 +0000

[...] I remember the original liquor store that closed down on Robson, between Bidwell and Denman. It was supposed to re-open with the rebuilding of a Safeway but due to delays in that project, the liquor store building lay vacant for years. When the new Safeway was finally built on Denman and Robson, welcoming ground-floor tenants such as CIBC and Vancity, the BC Liquor Store wasn’t far behind. We walked by today and it seems open if not very close to opening. It will definitely be convenient when walking home from Safeway and wanting to grab a nice Pinot Noir to accompany dinner (although I can already see the line ups forming for fireworks nights). [...]

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:11:29 +0000

Vancouver is a no-fun city because we’ve banned smoking on outdoor patios. It’s true. Consider this: we have 2 seasons – winter and July. The amount of days one can actually have a cocktail outdoors and enjoy an after-dinner smoke or cigar are few and far between. But now the non-smoking-nanny-fun-police have made it illegal to have a puff at midnite in a rainstorm and we wonder why everyone loves going to Vegas and Mexico. These are two places left on planet earth where one can feel like an adult; hence the popularity of shows like “Mad Men” – we are tired of being treated like children and long for the days when there were still some freedoms left to enjoy. And the non-smokers out there are blind to how these policing measures start to creep into our lives – it’s very insidious. Now, nine year-olds are supposed to sit in booster seats while driving. But wishy-washy Canadians who lack even a modicum of critical thinking completely fail to see where this is leading. And now we have it: no fireworks, no sandcastle contests, no Italian days, no nothing. So, we have a city that’s drag where it never stops raining; a city that is virtually a ghost-town by 10pm. Oh, and let’s not forget the gang war! Tell me why anyone should come here.

By: Chip’s Not Dead Yet Memorial Mile - Save the Date » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:01:30 +0000

[...] as many are conceding to the fact that Vancouver has yet again become a “no fun city” numerous events filled with family fun are popping on my radar and this is another — [...]

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:07:05 +0000

This truly saddens me. Small think strikes again in our fair city. I’ve lived in the West End and downtown area since the Summer of ’86. I’ll admit there have been many years when I’ve done my best to avoid the whole commotion but I have attended more times than I can remember and on the whole consider the fireworks one of the jewels of the city. In a time when the whole world is watching us as we prepare for the 2010 Olympics; when hundreds of millions of our tax dollars are being spent to build a new convention centre, transit systems, Olympic venues and fund development of the False Creek Olympic Village; when the number of kids living downtown (under the age of 15) is at an all-time peak and when our tourism industry needs all the help it can get – we cut back on this.

By: Vander

Vander — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:46:26 +0000

Just reading the Province today:

Fireworks group lacks status
But it’s not a charity, can’t issue tax receipts

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Fireworks+group+lacks+status/1275789/story.html

A local group raising money to save Vancouver’s annual fireworks festival has no connection with the society that stages the show, no official charitable status and no apparent ability to issue the tax receipts it promises.

By: Kalev

Kalev — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:02:24 +0000

I am so glad they are gone, although now my prediction that eventually they’d cause a major riot will never be proven true. It’s just waaaaay too many people to squish into a very limited amount of space. That being said, the fact they’re being cancelled for “economic” reasons (rather than safety) is just pathetic–as others have said, somehow we can come up with tons of money for the Olympics but for free events?

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:43:58 +0000

Solution:

Move the symphony of fights to Surrey where it belongs.

Let this cultural Chernobyl die. Please!