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Honda Celebration of Light Fireworks 2023

The first night of the Honda Celebration of Light fireworks at English Bay on July 22, 2023. Australia put on a beautiful fireworks show. Vancouver, BC Canada. Next is Mexico on July 26 and the Philippines on July 29. One of the best things to do in Vancouver, BC in summer.

Honda Celebration of Light

Fireworks

Team Australia

Vancouver, BC

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Polar Bear Swim Vancouver 2023

The 103rd Polar Bear Swim at English Bay in Vancouver, BC Canada took place on January 1, 2023.

Totoro at Polar Bear Swim

Lifeguard watching swimmers at Polar Bear Swim

Santa at Polar Bear Swim

Crowds at Polar Bear Swim

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Community Event Photography

Photography covering one organization in Vancouver Pride Parade. This was the first Pride Parade in Vancouver since 2019. Vancouver, BC, Canada. July 2022.

Group photo

Interaction with crowd

Team members with float

Team with crowds

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Lillooet Japanese Internment Memorial Garden Opening

Lillooet Japanese Internment Memorial Garden Opening in Lillooet, BC on Saturday May 7, 2022.

Minister Rob Fleming with internment survivors

Dignitaries group photo

Dr. Aki Horii and other dignitaries

Ribbon cutting ceremony

Louis and Dr. Aki Horii

Internment Camp Survivors

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International Women’s Day

While covering the Ukraine rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza on Saturday March 5, I saw a group of people having another rally for women’s rights. To all the women who are doing the hard work of making the world a better place - I appreciate you. Your work matters.

Afghan woman with women's rights sign — Sahar raising awareness for women in Afghanistan. Vancouver, BC, Canada. March 5, 2022.

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Truth and Reconciliation Day Drum Ceremony

National Day of Truth and Reconciliation Drum Ceremony in Vancouver, BC.

The Nisga’a Ts’amiks Vancouver Society hosted a drum ceremony for Canada’s first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on Thursday September 30, 2021 at Trout Lake in Vancouver, BC. The public ceremony was to honour the children who have died because of residential schools including the Kamloops Residential School. It was supposed to pour rain all day, but during the ceremony it did not rain and the sun even shone. Only a few minutes after the main event was finished did it start to rain.

Squamish elders

Drum ceremony

Members of the public

Dancing as part of the drum ceremony

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Canadian Olympic Athletes

Canadian Olympic athletes at the cauldron-relighting at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver, BC.

Canadian Olympic rowing, climbing, para-cycling and racewalking athletes were at the re-lighting of the Olympic Cauldron on Tuesday August 24th, 2021 to celebrate the start of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Lisa Roman Women's Eight Rowing Gold Medalist

Alannah Yip, Maxwell Lattimer, Evan Dunfee, Nathan Clement

Madison Mailey Women's Eight Rowing Gold Medalist

Olympic Cauldron at Jack Poole Plaza

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National Indigenous Peoples Day Vancouver

A ceremony was held at the Vancouver Art Gallery on June 21, 2021 in honor of National Indigenous Peoples Day and also as a tribute the the 215 children whose graves were discovered recently at the Kamloops Residential School.

Indigenous drummers on National Indigenous Peoples Day

Elder Sam George of Squamish Nation

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Dance Bubbles Around Vancouver

Small Stage, Tourism Vancouver and the Vancouver business community created an outdoor art installation of dancers in large bubbles. The dance installation was hosted in different parts of the city during March 2021. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Dancer interacts with child

Modern dance

Chinese dancer

Child observes dancer

1/1/21 1/1/21

Happy New Year!

Artist @moonray_designs paints an outdoor mural on Granville St. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Fresh start for 2021! Let's goooo! Wishing you good health, wild success, adventure, inner peace, prosperity and strength and courage to pursue your dreams. Happy New Year everyone!

4/27/20 4/27/20

Vancouver Artists Transforming Robson Street

Vancouver artists are transforming Robson Street in Vancouver by painting on boarded up storefronts. The Downtown Vancouver BIA and Vancouver Mural Festival have enlisted the artists to create a more positive environment. The storefronts have been boarded up due to an increase in commercial break-ins due to the pandemic.