Atlantic communities prepare for Canada Day celebrations after hiatus
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Friday – for Canada Day – will be the first time the skies above many Maritime communities will be lit up with fireworks since 2019.
For the first time since 2019, the sky above many Atlantic Canadian communities will be lit up with fireworks Friday evening as Canada Day celebrations return.
Many communities that cancelled their festivities in 2020 due to COVID-19 and in 2021 out of respect for mourning Indigenous communities have put out planned schedules for a day full of patriotism.
From Campbellton to St. Stephen, New Brunswickers will have no trouble finding ways to spend July 1.
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Fundy National Park will offer free admission for all and the Village of Alma, located “right on the doorstep” of the park is hoping that brings some travellers to town.
“Canada Day during the last couple of years hasn’t been much,” said Paula Horvath, chair of the Alma! Committee.
The committee, a relatively new event-planning group in town, is coordinating the celebration for the village.
“The whole village is excited, and hopefully people who are coming down to Alma are excited,” she said. “This is going to be a great day.”
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