The Opening Ceremony for the Renfrew County 2023 Ontario Winter Games has been cancelled.
The ceremony was supposed to be held at Ma-te-Way tonight (February 9th), but due to the freezing rain warning, the Games Organizing Committee made the difficult decision to cancel.
Environment Canada is calling for 2 to 5 millimetres of ice accretion starting this afternoon and ending tonight.
Peter Emon, the Warden for the County of Renfrew and Chair of the Games Organizing Committee, says their first priority is the safety of the athletes, participants, families and volunteers.
The Special Events Committee is currently working on a plan to create a unique Opening Ceremony experience for the athletes which we will communicate later today
(written by: Rudy Kadlec)
