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.