By Mark Squibb/May 26, 2022
The City of Mount Pearl is bookending July with two big celebrations.
The City will kick off the month with Canada Day celebrations on July 1.
“For the information of the public, plans for the annual Canada Day celebrations are underway,” councillor Chelsea Lane announced during the May 17 public council meeting. “After the past few years of not being able to have this celebration, I think I can speak for all of us and say that we are so excited.”
Further details will soon be made public, though Lane did note that the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 36 memorial ceremony and parade will go ahead, and that the City’s Family Celebration, with entertainment by The Fables, will also happen.
Next, councillor Bill Antle informed council that City Days celebrations will indeed be going ahead this year as well, running from July 21 until July 24. The festivities will begin with A Best in Mount Pearl Awards Night on the 21st. Other activities include an outdoor family movie, princess and superhero breakfast, block party, family art class, music concerts, a multicultural community market and more. The Great Benjamin Circus and Thomas Amusements will also be in town for the weekend.
Antle allowed he may not attend the early morning yoga session, though he is looking forward to helping with the Council Cook Up, where he promised councillor Isabelle Fry would be ‘frying’ burgers for all.
Like with Canada Day celebrations, more information will be made available in the coming weeks.
Mayor Dave Aker noted that one event in particular, the Rock the Pearl Concert, was being put off with Come Home Year funding.
