[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The organization said “too many unresolved questions” remain — such as when borders will reopen and changing measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 — to go forward with the event.“All the efforts made, to uphold our standards of quality as well as ensure everyone’s safety, have ultimately been in vain,” Arsenault said.The races are the latest events to be cancelled or postponed in Quebec due to the ongoing health crisis.
Most summer festivals in Montreal have also been put off.Next year’s races in both cities are still set for September 2021.— With files from the Canadian Press.