Montreal Old Port New Year’s Eve Fireworks Event Permanently Cancelled

People look on as fireworks explode over Montreal's Old Port during New Years Eve celebrations in Montreal, Jan. 1, 2018. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

There will be no midnight fireworks to herald the new year in Montreal’s Old Port.

Montréal en Fêtes, the organization that since 2013 has organized a free holiday festival near the city’s waterfront, announced last month that it would no longer stage the event and its New Year’s Eve party.