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Organizers of Ottawa’s Capital Pride festival say they are investigating “accounting irregularities” amid allegations by two suppliers and a DJ that their cheques have bounced and that they haven’t been paid for their services.

Guillaume Tasse said he has been given the runaround by festival organizers since he went to collect $42,000 he said he was owed after last month’s festival. Tasse isn’t alone. Sebastien Provost, the executive producer and president of production company House of SAS, said he’s out about $24,000 after he bought liquor for the festival only to later be told by his bank the cheque he received was no good.

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Montreal DJ Stephan Grondin said he, too, is owed thousands of dollars after his bank told him the cheque he received from the festival didn’t clear.

Provost and Tasse said they have both filed complaints with Ottawa police.

Organizers for the Capital Pride festival weren’t talking Thursday, but in a short news release they said they were investigating “accounting irregularities that have come to light upon review of its post-festival finances” and said a police investigation “may be pending.”