Welp, Canada Day festivities are cancelled, largely due to what many are calling 'red tape politics'. While you might be reading this and think "pffft, don't you mean Moving Day in Quebec?" (and if you are moving this weekend, our hearts go out to you), don't forget that it's a parade that attracts 120,000 people. That sucks.
What doesn't suck is the sheer wealth of stuff to do this weekend. We've been up past time our bedtime on Wednesday night trying to jam as much as we could into this lineup of parties, pop-ups, and paloozas—not to mention all of the restaurant openings, fireworks displays, lowkey weird beach psytrance dance-offs, and news from the last week.
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