aggregated from: Vancouverite

I know John Furlong said I don't think it's classy but the social medias are abuzz over the Opening Ceremony Dress Rehearsal that just finished. Reuters didn't seem to really care: ....featuring gigantic ice-like totem poles, a light show, dancers ...

topics: fireworks, john-furlong, mayor, vancouver-2010

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Vancouver Sun - Team China has won Vancouver's 2009 HSBC Celebration of Light fireworks competition.China topped three other nations Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom with its crowd-pleasing presentation Saturday, the conclusion to ...

topics: burnaby, langley, richmond

aggregated from: Chinese in Vancouver

Tags: celebration of lights, fireworks, Vancouver, Video Related posts Cruise ship kills whale (2) Video - PM under fire for pocketing a communion wafer (2) Hottest neighbourhoods in Richmond 2009 (0) Hottest neighbourhoods in Burnaby 2009 (0) Hott...

topics: burnaby, richmond

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Team Canada featured the music soundtrack from The Wizard of Oz for its fireworks presentation on Wednesday July 22. Highlights for me featured different fireworks for each of the characters. The Scarecrow was a red curly-cue for a brain, The Tin M...

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Crowd behaves for Canada's HSBC Celebration of Light fireworks opener. Since when did the news become reporting things that didn't happen? This just in: a riot didn't occur. Oh well, at least there'll always be some celebrity death to report: Taco B...

topics: author, false-creek, fireworks

aggregated from: Tourism British Columbia Blogs

On July 1st the Tourism Dawson Creek staff celebrated Canada's Birthday by making our way to Pouce Coupe to attend the Annual Canada Day Parade. The Dawson Creek Visitor Centre and the Dawson Creek Art Gallery spent weeks painting and decorating a...

topics: fireworks, gallery, olympic-games, park

aggregated from: Tourism British Columbia Blogs

I found my self in a great spot for Canada Day this year with a chance to go out on a boat to see our Canada Day fireworks in Campbell River. I cant remember how many times I've seen them from the shore and thought to myself what a show it would be ...

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

photo by Jon RawlinsonWell, that s a crappy way to start the news day - The Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society has announced that sponsor funding wasn t able to make up the $4 million required to hold the event this year.The Vancouver Sun has the f...

topics: dining, downtown, fireworks, olympics, vancouver-2010

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Get ready for Stephen Harper's attacks on the next liberal leader, as Charlie Smith provides a nice cheat sheet for an Ignatieff takedown.From the NYTimes: Vancouver is an appealing second home for wealthy Americans... because, um, we have less highw...

topics: economy, fireworks, liberal, lions

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

It's Halloween season, and that means many things to many people. Chills, both figurative and literal, candy, costumes, a sense of fun and abandon not found in most other holidays (particularly not one with no day off), and a particular favorite of m...

topics: burnaby, fireworks, west-vancouver