While there’s no shortage of these popular, voluntary officials, there are ‘challenges’ filling these posts in remote parts of the province.
Usually commissioners from nearby areas are able to offer their services, the ministry said.The appeal to couples of having a wedding commissioner preside, those interviewed said, is freedom and control.
For Rosenberg on Lasqueti, among several beautiful memories is a secret ceremony during the catastrophic storms of late 2021, with just the couple and two witnesses. In another Hallmark moment, a couple recently put an ad in the local paper saying, “If you love us, you’re invited,” and 450 people showed up.in B.C. last year, after the COVID bubble. Prior to the pandemic, the province could expect around 21,000 to 24,000 annual weddings.
In Grand Forks, Gary Smith has presided over a pirate-themed wedding with bride and groom donning tricorn hats and swords; in Revelstoke, packages for helicopter weddings fly off the shelf.Oh — then there was Valentine’s Day.Nineteen over the course of three-and-a-half hours: In normal years the ski resort might host 10 or so Feb. 14 weddings.
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