“Yes, I’m concerned,” said Mayor Normand Riopel of Champlain Township, regarding the cancellation this year of the Vankleek Hill Agricultural Society’s annual country fair and also of the Oktoberfest, that local brewery, Beau’s All Natural Beer sponsors. “But everybody is in the same boat,” Riopel said, noting cancellation of many major festival events in Toronto, Ottawa, and other urban centres.
Mayors comment on quiet festival season
