Pumpkin Drop

• Hundreds of pumpkins dropped from hose tower in B.C. firefighter fundraiser

  Children, accompanied by an adult and a firefighter, climbed North Vancouver’s training hose tower to let their pumpkins fly and ultimately smash into the ground.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2022
  
• Winnipeggers recycle Halloween gourds at 2nd annual pumpkin drop

  People gathered at the top of the Polo Park parkade to toss their gourds into dump trucks waiting below on Saturday, the only drop-off location with a plunge.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2022
  
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• Make those Jack o’ lanterns go ‘splat’ with Winnipeg pumpkin drop

  Wondering what to do with that pumpkin now that Halloween has passed? Why not throw it off the top of a Winnipeg parkade?

  Environment

  Nov 1, 2022
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• Dumping pumpkins in the woods a bad idea, says wildlife expert

  Jensen Edwards of the Nature Conservancy of Canada said throwing your discarded pumpkins in the bush can bring animals together and facilitate the spread of disease or injury.

  Environment

  Nov 5, 2021
• Thousands watch as massive pumpkins drop for charity

  Three large pumpkins crashed to the ground on Sunday, all part of a smashingly successful fundraiser that drew thousands of people.

  Canada

  Oct 15, 2017
• WATCH: Pumpkin drop for charity

  Now that Halloween is over, it's time to get rid of the Jack O' Lantern. In North Vancouver, district firefighters were offering up a fun and safe way to destroy them.

  Nov 3, 2014