Farewell, fireworks: No more summer light display shows in Vancouver

A popular — and explosive — summer pastime for many in the Lower Mainland has been kiboshed.
Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society (VFFS) has made the difficult decision to cancel the Honda Celebration of Light indefinitely, the society announed in a Wednesday (Nov. 26) release.
The free fireworks events, which ran for more than three decades in the city — first as the Symphony of Fire, then as the Honda Celebration of Light for the past 13 years — has been Canada’s