The 50th anniversary of the Chinatown Spring Festival Parade is taking place Sunday in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown neighbourhood.
It is one of the biggest celebrations of the Lunar New Year in Canada, with last year’s parade marking the first time the event was celebrated since 2020.
Hundreds of attendees and parade groups are walking through the neighbourhood, with the parade’s organizing committee encouraging participants to visit the newly refurbished Millennium Gate and neon dragon signs to celebrate the Year of the Dragon.
However, the historic parade became of the centre of controversy earlier this week when the parade’s organizing committee initially excluded two community groups, including one representing 2SLGBTQ+
