The 46th annual Vancouver Pride Parade -- the oldest pride parade in Canada -- attracted hundreds of thousands of people to downtown Vancouver on Sunday, August 4th to celebrate and support the LGBTQ2+ community. A team of 12 mainly young adults participated as a Rotary contingent marching with the City of Vancouver entry. The parade ran from Davie and Denman Streets, through the West End on Beach Avenue and Pacific Street and ended at a festival in the vacant land east of B.C. Place. -- photo courtesy of CBC
Above: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, left, with Rotarian Ron Suzuki. Left: 12 Rotary representatives marched in the parade with the City of Vancouver entry, which included (l to r) Vancouver Councillor Peter Fry, Councillor Rebecca Bligh, Councillor Peter Meiszner, Ron Suzuki, Rotary District Governor Nominee Dean Hsieh, Councillor Lenny Zhou and Councillor Christine Boyle | |