Vancouver will likely get one public fireworks display this year after the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation approved the motion.
The board voted to allow the event at the English Bay Beach Park. However, no date has been set yet.
Mayor Ken Sim personally introduced and pushed the motion in response to the cancellation of the Celebration of Light.
The decision did not come without criticism, as the cost of the event is expected to be around $2 million.
Some commissioners and councillors are questioning the costs while Sim’s administration is moving to cut some services around the city due to the mayor’s ‘zero-means-zero’ budget.
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One of the cuts will involve reducing the number of lifeguards around Vancouver, including Spanish Banks, the location of the fireworks show.
According to City Hall, the event will feature a drinking lounge and food trucks.
In November last year, the Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society announced that it would be suspending the Celebration of Light festival, a three-night event.
The society said one of the reasons for the cancellation was that it lost nearly $450,000 in federal funding.