Tall Ships Festival returns to Brockville this month

The Fair Jeanne leaving the Tall Ships Marina. The ship will be featured later this month during the Tall Ships Festival in Brockville, Ont. June 3, 2025. (Jack Richardson/CTV News Ottawa).
The Tall Ships Festival is returning to Brockville, Ont. on June 20-22.
The event is a major tourist attraction in the City of 1,000 Islands, giving festival goers a look at some of the most historic ships in the world.
'Brockville is very excited to bring back our signature waterfront festival,' says chairman Jeremy Newman. 'We're really excited for what we've got on offer this year.'
Nine ships will be docked along the city's waterfront for people to tour, providing an interactive experience on boats that sail all over the world.
Brockville is hosting the event for the fifth time. The event was held in 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022.
More details to come.

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‘We are not just activists, we're warriors': Pride festivities kick off in Waterloo, Ont.

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‘We are not just activists, we're warriors': Pride festivities kick off in Waterloo, Ont.

Waterloo marked the start of Pride Month with a community event celebrating inclusivity. CTV's Karis Mapp has more. People were encouraged to show their true colours under a beautiful, blue sky as a special event kicked off Pride Month festivities in Waterloo. Celebrants gathered in Waterloo Public Square, which was transformed into a dancefloor and vendor market on Wednesday morning. The event was hosted by the City of Waterloo and Uptown Business Improvement Area (BIA). 'We're very excited, as the City of Waterloo, to be celebrating Pride,' Divya Handa, the city's director of reconciliation, equity, accessibility, diversity and inclusion, told CTV News. 'The last few years have been a little bit difficult for our Rainbow community, but we want to show that we are not taking a step back,' Handa said. 'We are not stopping this journey. We are not pausing. We're not considering pausing. We're here for full support.' For some members of the community, those tough times are vivid memories. Jim Parrott, co-facilitator of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and the former executive director of Spectrum, recounts what it was like when he first met his husband back in 2000. The couple persevered through a time when homosexuality was not widely accepted and they became the first same sex couple to legally be married in Waterloo. 'We're not just activists, we're warriors,' Parrott said. 'We have been walking hand-in-hand in public for 25 years. We do get yelled at, but we think it's important to be transparent and to be visible. And we do that because so many people are not able to do that.' Although Wednesday's celebration was all about inclusivity and support, Parrot worried the future may be more uncertain. 'It's wonderful to see all these things happen. But at the same time, I still worry that things might go backwards,' he said. 'It's wonderful to see that we've got the support of the cities and other institutions. So, I'm very happy but also a little bit nervous.' Part of his apprehension stems from divisive attitudes across the border. 'A few years ago, things seemed to be improving. We started to see more and more legislation passed at this phase, but unfortunately, about 6 or 7 years ago, we started seeing things get worse,' Parrott reflected. 'That to some extent was correlated with the rise of Donald Trump in the United States, unfortunately, [we] saw a lot of problems. And the people who are most seriously impacted are trans folks.' Numerous events will be held throughout June to recognize Pride Month in Waterloo Region.