Canada's Tourism Minister announcing cash to benefit our wine and beer industry.
Melanie Joly began her tour of Niagara yesterday by pledging up to $250,000 for the Grape Growers of Ontario's International Cool Climate Wine Symposium, $50,000 to launch a website for the Niagara Ale Trail, and over $34,000 for Sourpalooza, a new sour beer and food festival happening next month.
She'll be stopping in Niagara-On-The-Lake this morning at 10 a.m. before heading to the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in St. Catharines this afternoon at 1:15 p.m. to make another funding announcement regarding local Indigenous tourism experiences.