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[spanky123]

^I wonder if they will be using ‘traditional’ drones?

[Victoria Watcher]

[todd]

[Nparker]

It looks like I won't be missing much being in the Caribbean on Canada Day.

[todd]

It looks like I won't be missing much being in the Caribbean on Canada Day.

well deserved. Hope you have a relaxing time!

[Nparker]

Thank you Todd. I am not sure how "deserving" I am, but I certainly intend to enjoy my time away.

[LJ]

Thank you Todd. I am not sure how "deserving" I am, but I certainly intend to enjoy my time away.

Will you be loaning out your A/C unit to some not quite so poor family while you're away on your multiple cruises?

[Nparker]

Just 8 days for this cruise; not worth the hassle. Talk to me in October when I head to Rome. 🤑

[Victoria Watcher]

Victoria’s Canada Day brings more than 60,000 people together for a full day of musical performances and cultural programming, family activities, an international food village and the iconic Victoria’s Canada Day Fireworks. Mainstage opens at 11 a.m., with entertainment continuing until the drone show at 10:15 p.m. and the fireworks at 10:22. Inner Harbour and Legislative Precinct. Details and entertainment lineup at canadadayvictoria.ca

 

 

 

Saanich/Esquimalt

The Gorge Canada Day Picnic. Fun for the whole family, including a pancake breakfast (8:30 a.m.), the Canada Day Family Parade (9 a.m.), Canada Day Show and Shine car show, Gorge on Art, lots of food trucks, voyageur canoe rides, the Canada Day Market, and much more. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. along Gorge Road West from Tillicum Road to Admirals Road. Go to gorgecanadaday.ca for more details.

 

 

 

Sidney

Sidney Lions Pancake Breakfast. Don’t miss the Sidney Lions famous hot pancake breakfast with fried sausages, 8-10 a.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre Courtyard. More at marywinspear.ca.

 

Canada Day Parade and Family Fun Fair. The annual Canada Day Parade starts at 11:30 a.m. in downtown Sidney, travelling along Resthaven Drive and Beacon Avenue to Second Street, ending at Ocean Avenue. The Family Fun Fair kicks off after the parade, running from 12:30-4 p.m. at Iroquois Park, 2295 Ocean Ave., Sidney. More at peninsulacelebrations.org/events.

 

 

 

View Royal

Canada Day in View Royal: Come and see some traditional Highland games, take in dance performances and live music, and enjoy the beer garden and concession. There will be face painting, a balloon clown, tours of Craigflower Manor. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at Craigflower Manor, 1801 Admirals Rd. Admission is free. No on-site parking. Details at viewroyal.ca.

 

 

 

Langford

Head to Starlight Stadium to celebrate Canada Day! The stadium transforms into a fun event space filled with activities like arcade games, a teen zone, game tournaments, and a pancake breakfast. Monday, July 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Find out more at langford.ca.

 

 

 

 

Colwood, Sooke and up-Island:

 

https://www.timescol...-island-9154663

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 June 2024 - 04:09 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

July 1 known as Humiliation Day in early immigrant Chinese community

A Victoria Chinatown museum is exploring how the federal government sought to bar people of Chinese origin from Canadian society.

https://www.timescol...mmunity-9160557

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 01 July 2024 - 06:25 AM.

[todd]

Happy Canada Day!! 

 

 

 

[mbjj]

I miss having the Canada Day picnic in Beacon Hill Park. When it first started, the food trucks were all down on Dallas Road below the flag pole. Was a great place for it and then the fireworks were over Clover Point. 

[todd]

[Mike K.]

Thanks Todd!

I hear the drone show did not take place. Did it happen, Todd?

[RPPB]

It didn't, may have been too windy.

[Mike K.]

Yes, it got quite breezy only way in the evening. I figured that’s what it might have been.

[todd]

I hear the drone show did not take place. Did it happen, Todd?

I didn’t see it. guy next to me said he didn’t see it, he was going to keep waiting in hopes it was going to happen after the fireworks.

[Victoria Watcher]

Seattle Times:

 

 

 

48 of 55 drones pulled from lake after SeaTac's Fourth of July show failure

 

The saga of the 55 failed drones at the bottom of Angle Lake continued Wednesday.

 

Divers spent much of the morning searching, and they found 48 of them and their batteries. The city of SeaTac spent $40,000 for the disastrous Fourth of July event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A spectacular Fourth of July drone show saw 55 of 200 drones drop out of the sky, with the drone light show producer pointing to outside interference as a possible cause.

 

No one was hurt as the drones fell harmlessly into Angle lake in a suburb of Seattle, Washington.

 

https://www.avintera...tle, Washington.

 

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 July 2024 - 02:04 PM.

[Nparker]

[Victoria Watcher]

Victoria City Council is considering a proposal to maintain Canada Day celebrations at their 2024 level, potentially reversing earlier budget cuts to the festivities.

 

In a report to council dated March 28, City of Victoria Director of Business and Community Relations Kerri More outlined the financial challenges facing this year’s July 1 celebrations.

 

Initially, council had proposed reducing the event to a daytime-only celebration to save costs, allocating $255,000 compared to the $478,421 budgeted for Canada Day in 2024.

 

However, council recently approved an additional one-time funding of $100,000 from the Major Community Initiatives and Events Grant, bringing the 2025 Canada Day budget to $325,000.

 

Despite the boost, Moore’s report said there is a $100,000 shortfall remaining if the city wants to deliver an event on the same scale as last year’s, which included vendors and activities from 10 a.m. onwards, culminating in the city’s first-ever drone show, followed by the traditional fireworks display.

 

The shortfall became more manageable when the Victoria Hockey Legacy Society’s bid to host the U17 World Hockey Challenge fell through, freeing up the previously allocated $250,000.

 

 

 

https://cheknews.ca/...nsions-1246988/

 

 

 

 

 

Anybody know why Canada Day costs so much?

 

It looks like in 2022 we did it for $250,000.

 

 

 

 

 

City of Victoria to provide $350,000 to Canada Day bash

 

A staff report noted that while this year’s Canada Day festivities were well received, an increase in funding is required to maintain the quality and scope of the celebration.

 

“$350,000 is the new $250,000,” Jeff Day, the city’s senior cultural planner, told council Thursday.

 

https://www.timescol...ay-bash-7519010

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 01 April 2025 - 07:47 PM.