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2015Ontario Pride Celebrations 2015 ONTARIO PRIDE CELEBRATIONS MAY Barrie Pride (first) JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER Guelph Pride June 6 - 13 Belleville Pride Simcoe County Pride Peterborough Pride www.facebook.com/BarriePride May 3 - 10 July 4 July 30 - August 8 September 12-19 www.guelphpride.com Thunder Pride www.bellevillepride.ca www.simcoepride.com www.peterboroughpride.ca June 7 - June 14 Elliot Lake Pride Sudbury Pride Windsor-Essex Pride Festival Sault Pride Fest www.thunderpride.ca May 29 - 31 July 19 - 26 August 7-9 September 7 - 13 www.elpride.ca www.sudburypride.com www.wepridefest.com www.algomaats.wiz.com/sault- Hamilton Pride pride Tri-Pride: Capital Pride June 15 - 21 Muskoka Pride Kitchener/Cambridge/Waterloo July 17 - 26 August 14-23 www.hamiltonpride.org May 30-June 6 www.capitalpride.ca www.muskokapride.com www.tri-pride.ca Grey Bruce Pride June 12-14 Peel Pride Chatham-Kent Pride Please note: The dates were Pride Niagara (St. Catharines) www.facebook.com/GreyBruce July 23 August 21 - 23 accurate at the time of May 31 - June 6 Pride www.peelpride.ca www.pride-ck.com printing. Members are www.prideniagara.com encouraged to check the York Pride Fest Brockville Pride Walk individual websites prior to June 13 - 21 July 18 attending any of the Pride www.yorkpridefest.com https://sites.google.com/site/br JUNE events. To add or edit Pride Kingston Pride ockvillepride Brantford Pride Celebrations, please contact the June 11-14 June 15 - 21 Pride London Wayne Milliner at www.kingstonpride.ca www.brantfordpride.ca July 17 - 26 [email protected] www.pridelondon.ca Pride Durham Gananoque Pride Festival June 3 - 7 June 20-22 www.pridedurham.com http://1000islandsganoque.com Toronto PRIDE Toronto EVENTS for members /lgbt-summer-solstice OSSTF/FEESO Information Booth in the Pride Toronto Street Fair is on Perth Pride Church Street south of Charles Street on June 27 & 28 June 6 Pride Toronto Trans Pride March on Friday June 26, 2015, Rally: 7 pm, March: 8 pm www.facebook.com/LGBTLanar June 19 - 28 North Stage (Church Street at Isabella Street) kCountyCivitanClub www.pridetoronto.com Dyke March on Saturday June 27, 2015, 2 pm –Line up at Church and Bloor at 1:45 pm Timmin Pride Kenora Pride D12 OSSTF and ETT host a Dyke March Lunch at Spirits Bar & Grill from noon to 1:45 pm June 5-14 June 27-28 www.timminspride.con and members who identify as women are encouraged to join us in the Dyke March. www.kenoraonline.com/local/1 http://osstftoronto.ca/event/2015 -dyke-march-lunch/ 2978-two-days-of-events- Pride Toronto Parade on Sunday, June 28, 2015, 2:00 pm starting at Church and Bloor. planned-for-kenora-pride PU T-shirt at our Booth Sun day noon to 2:30 pm (March staging for OSSTF/FEESO is position G42 -meet on Bloor by Ted Rogers Way at 2:30 pm) (to volunteer for a 2 hour shift at our information booth or to receive specific parade position information please contact Wayne Milliner at the provincial office. ([email protected])) .
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