Ahead of the wildfire situation in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada, the Mont-Tremblant City Council this winter approved a bill banning fireworks on environmental and health grounds. . A decision our cities are not prepared to make.

Due to the heat and lack of rainfall, the government bans fireworks north of the St. Lawrence River. Other cities in the province have also announced that they will not use fireworks this year as part of the national holiday.

The draft statutes of the city of Mont-Tremblant provide for a ban on fireworks on the territory of this tourist community even during the national holiday. However, Saint-Bruno, Saint-Basile and Sainte-Julie do not want to go down this path, the newspaper says The slopes have learned.

Saint Bruno de Montarville

“In Saint-Bruno, the city does not plan to ban fireworks. Their use remains occasional and linked to traditional festivals appreciated by Montarvilloises and
Montarvillois,” replies the Director of Communications Services in Saint-Bruno, Manon Lacourse.

The city hosts two fireworks displays a year, on National Day and Sea Day. However, every year a third fireworks display lights up the Montarvillois sky. This is presented by the Royal Canadian Legion in celebration of Canada Day. The municipality has not received any complaints related to the use of fireworks in recent years.

If Saint-Bruno plans fireworks in his program, the event will take place in the Parc de la Coulée. Depending on the wind direction, the pyrotechnics exploded over the football fields of the park concerned, the De Montarville school and the Lac du Village.

Sainte Julie

The same observation made by Sainte-Julie, who does not intend to follow Mont-Tremblant’s initiative. “We the [feux d’artifice] occasionally used at certain general public events, for example during the national holiday, by outsourcing the contract to a specialized company that meets the requirements of our regulations,” explains Julie Martin, spokeswoman for Sainte-Julie.

For example, this year’s Sainte-Julie events calendar has a single date for the use of fireworks, namely June 24th.

Saint Basile le Grand

“The city does not intend to ban fireworks on its territory,” says Director of Communications, Stéphanie Plamondon. The community uses it occasionally, especially during National Day. In 2022, only the fireworks for the national holiday took place. This will also be the case in 2024. This attraction takes place above the Parc du Ruisseau, behind the Arena and near the Massé stream.

The case of Mont Tremblant

“The municipal council wants to set an example with these events and make them even more environmentally friendly. It’s beautiful and impressive, fireworks, but on the other hand it pollutes our lakes, the air and the soil. It scares both domestic and wild animals. Some environmental decisions are harder to make than others, but it was a coherent and responsible decision,” said Tyler Cook, an elected Mont-Tremblant official, last February.