Festivals on the brink of COVID-19 collapse seek federal aid

Excerpt from The Calgary Herald

Summer festivals and fairs across the country are facing an existential threat from COVID-19 and say they need federal government support.

That plea came Wednesday after those extravaganzas were left out of an $82-billion aid package approved in the House of Commons. Read More…

 

Stampede Park was photographed on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. COVID-19 has forced the temporary layoffs of 890 Calgary Stampede employees. Gavin Young/Postmedia