Ontario

By Stew Kernan

A number of Sudbury festivals will benefit from provincial funding.

In total, $282,000 through the Celebrate Ontario 2016 program has been earmarked for eight separate events in Greater Sudbury.

Local Festivals include:

Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival – $84,250

Laugh Out Loud Sudbury Comedy Festival – $80,500

Up Here – $45,000

Jazz Sudbury Festival – $41,863

Songs of Summer Music Festival $10,564

La Salon du livre du Grand Sudbury – $9,850

Budweiser New Music Fest Sudbury – $8,000

Northern Lights Festival Boreal – $1,940

Tourism in Ontario generates over $28-billion in economic activity and supports 360,000 jobs.