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Celebrate Lunar New Year in the Burnaby Heights

Usher in the Year of the Dog in the Heights this weekend. From noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24 join lion dancers as they parade down Hastings Street between Gamma and Boundary performing special blessings for businesses in the Heights.
Cayley Dobie
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Kyla Wu watches as lion dancers perform on Hastings Street during the Lunar New Year celebrations in the Heights. The annual event featured lion dancers parading along Hastings Street and blessing merchants as they passed by. The blessings are thought to bring good luck to businesses.Jennifer Gauthier/BURNABY NOW

Usher in the Year of the Dog in the Heights this weekend.

From noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24 join lion dancers as they parade down Hastings Street between Gamma and Boundary performing special blessings for businesses in the Heights.

The Lunar New Year celebration is an annual tradition hosted by the Heights Merchants Association. In addition to the lion dancers, there will also be live music and dancing. Shoppers who stop by will have a chance to win a gift certificate with lucky fortune cookies and red envelopes.

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