'National embarrassment': Aviation event scheduled for this weekend unexpectedly grounded

An annual event that hopes to inspire young girls to take an interest in aviation has been postponed indefinitely.

An annual event that hopes to inspire young girls to take an interest in aviation has been postponed indefinitely.

The Sky’s No Limit - Girls Can Fly Too was scheduled to take place on the first weekend of October, but it was abruptly cancelled at the 11th hour.

Kristen Brazier, a pilot and founder of the event, said the last few weeks have been a nightmare of uncertainty.

She was waiting on official word from Transport Canada on whether the event could take place, and she made the decision to cancel the event since she didn’t know if the event was going to get approved.

“We couldn't take the risk. So I had to do the difficult decision and that was to postpone the event,” Brazier told CTV News.

“It's been really frustrating. We've been doing this event for 10 years; we've been doing the same event for the last six years.”

Yet this year, the regulator had not issued the certificate that would’ve given Brazier the green light.