CNE has fired its CEO and his wife. They call the harassment allegations against them ‘unjust'
Just months before the start of the 146th Canadian National Exhibition, the annual fair has fired chief executive officer Darrell Brown and his wife, who was running an art gallery on the fair grounds, the Star has learned.
The messy dispute has the Canadian National Exhibition Association (CNEA) searching for a new CEO to run the August event and navigate major challenges, including event space lost to a hotel expansion and other activities on the city-owned exhibition grounds.
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