Victoria's 2026 Rifflandia music festival cancelled, with no plan to return
Organizers of the Rifflandia festival say they will no longer run the multimillion-dollar music and arts event, citing rising production costs.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-rifflandia-2026-cancelled-9.7230262?cmp=rss

Why was Gatineau's Habs watch party called offside?
Organizers had to cancel a watch party at Gatineau's Slush Puppie Centre where Montreal Canadiens fans had hoped to watch a broadcast of the team competing against the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL's Eastern Conference final. The controversy made it all the way to Parliament Hill. CBC's Matthew Kupfer explains.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7216409?cmp=rss

Why was Gatineau's Habs watch party called offside?
Organizers had to cancel a watch party at Gatineau's Slush Puppie Centre where Montreal Canadiens fans had hoped to watch a broadcast of the team competing against the Carolina Hurricanes in the NHL's Eastern Conference final. The controversy made it all the way to Parliament Hill. CBC's Matthew Kupfer explains.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7216409?cmp=rss

Screening of Saturday's Canadiens-Hurricanes game abruptly cancelled in Gatineau
Montreal Canadiens fans in the Outaouais region won’t be able to watch the team’s Saturday playoff game against the Carolina Hurricanes on a giant screen at the Slush Puppie Centre in Gatineau — as originally hoped — after the planned screening was abruptly cancelled on Thursday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/slush-puppie-centre-screening-of-saturday-s-canadiens-hurricanes-game-cancelled-9.7207798?cmp=rss

Slush Puppie Centre screening of Saturday's Canadiens-Hurricanes game cancelled
Montreal Canadiens fans in the Outaouais region won’t be able to watch the team’s Saturday playoff game against the Carolina Hurricanes on a giant screen at the Slush Puppie Centre in Gatineau — as originally hoped — after the planned screening was abruptly cancelled on Thursday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/slush-puppie-centre-screening-of-saturday-s-canadiens-hurricanes-game-cancelled-9.7207798?cmp=rss

Powerful winds cause damage downtown, force change to Calgary Expo parade
Heavy winds whipping through Calgary the last two days have created havoc for some businesses and forced the cancellation of one of Calgary Expo's biggest events.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/powerful-winds-calgary-damage-9.7176144?cmp=rss

Major Toronto festival cancelled as vendors claim they're owed millions
The company behind a major annual Toronto food and drink festival just filed for bankruptcy, and vendors tell blogTO they're still owed money from last year's event.From the Oshawa Rotary Ribfest to VegTO, the 2026 food festival season in Toronto is shaping up to be more defined by which festivals didn't happen than those that did. The latest to ...
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/04/toronto-festival-beer-bankruptcy/

Toronto food festival cancelled after 40 years due to upcoming FIFA World Cup
A longstanding, free-to-attend Toronto food festival just cancelled its 2026 event as festivities for the FIFA World Cup continue to dominate the city's summer schedule.In Toronto, we're lucky to look forward to a series of long-running, well-loved summertime traditions every time the warm weather rolls around. From the Toronto Caribbean Ca...
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/04/vegto-festival-toronto-cancelled/

Kaslo Jazz Festival 2026 cancelled due to rising costs, debt
A long-running music festival in southeastern B.C. is not happening this summer because of rising costs, years of financial strain and debt, organizers say.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kootenays-kaslo-jazz-fest-2026-cancelled-9.7162734?cmp=rss

Pentastic Jazz Fest in Penticton cancelled after 30 years
A fixture in Penticton, B.C.'s summer calendar for 30 years, the Pentastic Jazz Fest is being cancelled in 2026.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pentastic-jazz-fest-cancellation-9.7157084?cmp=rss