{"id":38758,"date":"2025-11-27T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T22:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=38758"},"modified":"2025-11-29T22:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T06:14:05","slug":"ucs-77-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/11\/27\/ucs-77-fireworks\/","title":{"rendered":"UCS #77: Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36965\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-768x92.png 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-940x113.png 940w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png 1250w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>See our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2024\/05\/20\/urban-cartoon-syndicate-introduction-and-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Launch and Introduction<\/a>&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2024\/05\/20\/launch-of-urban-cartoon-syndicate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement by CityHallWatch<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Readings:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"gmail-wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver\u2019s \u2018Zero Means Zero\u2019 Budget Passes<\/em>&nbsp;(The Tyee) \u2013<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2025\/11\/26\/Vancouver-Zero-Means-Zero-Budget-Passes\/\">https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2025\/11\/26\/Vancouver-Zero-Means-Zero-Budget-Passes\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Vancouver\u2019s Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely<\/em>. (Organizers say lack of government, private-sector cash behind decision) (CBC ) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/vancouver-honda-celebration-of-light-cancelled-9.6993068\">https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/vancouver-honda-celebration-of-light-cancelled-9.6993068<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Inside Pontegadea\u2019s $1.2 Billion Purchase Of The Post In Vancouver&nbsp;(Howard Chai, Substack) \u2013 \u201d<em>The transaction, an off-market direct deal, was completed via a share sale \u2026 allows purchasers to bypass British Columbia\u2019s&nbsp;property transfer tax, which would have been $35,978,000 in this case.<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/howardchai.substack.com\/p\/pontegadea-vancouver-the-post-quadreal-transaction-details\">https:\/\/howardchai.substack.com\/p\/pontegadea-vancouver-the-post-quadreal-transaction-details<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Suddenly, strangely, the B.C. government has gone to court to express concern that transfers of real property through share sales avoid paying PTT&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2025\/01\/04\/suddenly-bc-govt-concerned-developers-avoid-paying-ptt\/\">https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2025\/01\/04\/suddenly-bc-govt-concerned-developers-avoid-paying-ptt\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See our&nbsp;Launch and Introduction&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver\u2019s \u2018Zero Means Zero\u2019 Budget Passes&nbsp;(The Tyee) \u2013 https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2025\/11\/26\/Vancouver-Zero-Means-Zero-Budget-Passes\/ Vancouver\u2019s Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely. (Organizers say lack of government, private-sector cash behind decision) (CBC ) \u2013&nbsp;https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/vancouver-honda-celebration-of-light-cancelled-9.6993068 Inside Pontegadea\u2019s $1.2 Billion<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/11\/27\/ucs-77-fireworks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;UCS #77: Fireworks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8579,"featured_media":38759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spacing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UCS #77: Fireworks - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2025\/11\/27\/ucs-77-fireworks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UCS #77: Fireworks - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"See our&nbsp;Launch and Introduction&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver\u2019s \u2018Zero Means Zero\u2019 Budget Passes&nbsp;(The Tyee) \u2013 https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/News\/2025\/11\/26\/Vancouver-Zero-Means-Zero-Budget-Passes\/ Vancouver\u2019s Celebration of Light fireworks festival cancelled indefinitely. 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