With the year closing out, many Tri-City residents will remember 2017 as the year of festivals, projects and programs celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday.
For example, a Canada 150 mural was created in Port Coquitlam and a mosaic celebrating the year was created in Coquitlam. A history lesson was taught by youth in Mandy Tulloch’s Canada 150: The Show, hometown hero Terry Fox was commemorated in a tour that came to Port Coquitlam thanks to PoCo Heritage and a stamp was created by Canada Post to honour the one-legged runner who inspired the Terry Fox Run.
The international act Delhi 2 Dublin headlined the city of Port Coquitlam’s Canada 150 festival at Leigh Square Community Arts Village, Port Moody’s Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society conducted a BioBlitz with Canada 150 funds and more than 80,000 people turned out to Coquitlam’s Canada 150 Party at Town Centre Park.
Coquitlam also showed off its red and white for Canada 150 at the Inspiration Garden and the Art Focus Artists’ Association in PoCo created a Canada Day flag of nationalistic symbols.
Port Moody got into the swing of things with its Golden Spike Days, a visit by the CP Canada 150 train and the annual Rotary Club of Port Moody Rib Fest was a big hit.
Other notable events included the BC Highland Games and Scottish Festival, the Harry Jerome Track Classic and the Kaleidoscope Art Festival all at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park, which is currently host to the Lights at Lafarge, the largest free outdoor light display in the Lower Mainland on now to Jan. 21.
