'Absolutely spectacular': Capital Pride celebrates largest ever Pride Parade ottnews
Sunday's parade, the culmination of Pride Week in Ottawa, was Capital Pride's first street parade in the city since 2019."Absolutely spectacular," he said. "We couldn’t be more proud of how things went this week."
“We’ve seen record numbers at all of our events so far,” Whitfield told Newstalk 580 CFRA’s Chris Holski on ‘Ottawa at Work’ on Friday. “There seems to be a buzz in the air. People are excited to get together again to celebrate and come together as a community.”"I think after three years everyone is feeling a little cabin fevery on occasion, so it’s nice to get down on the street and celebrate," said Capital Pride volunteer Caitlin Sexton. "Joyful, celebratory, exuberant and gay..
Canadian singer-songwriter Fefe Dobson was the headline act on the TD Main Stage at Bank and Slater streets. “We know people are here to celebrate, but we also want to take opportunities to talk about those important advocacy issues,” he said. “We know many of the organizations that are joining us for the parade will be doing just that. Pride grew out of a protest and there will always be important advocacy work.
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