Regina Saskatchewan : Anti-mandate protesters vow to stay on Albert Street as police ticket vehicles
Channel: StreamStar Films
Date: 07/02/2022

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Organizers of an anti-vaccine mandate protest say they are prepared to occupy Albert Street near the Saskatchewan Legislative Building for a prolonged period. The right-hand, northbound lane of Albert Street have been blocked by a line of vehicles stretching about two city blocks north and south of 20th Avenue (which turns into Legislative Drive east of Albert) since early Saturday afternoon. During the height of the protest Saturday afternoon, cars and trucks driving up and down the city’s main artery blared their horns while others opted to roll slowly or park, bringing traffic to a halt.

A Facebook video recorded by one of the protest organizers showed RPS officers ticketing vehicles parked in the driving lanes on Albert Street on Saturday evening.

The two blocks remained filled with stopped vehicles Sunday morning, although the number of pedestrians had dwindled. Concrete barricades to the Legislature entrance, originally set to be taken down later on Sunday, remained in place with an RPS cruiser parked behind them. The planned protest was somewhat stymied by the barricades, which were installed along roads and side streets leading into Wascana Park Friday afternoon ahead of Regina’s Frost Festival. The Legislative and Wascana Park grounds remain accessible to all pedestrians and emergency vehicles.

But some 200 protesters on foot and many more in vehicles showed up just after noon Saturday.

Much like the ongoing protests in Ottawa, Canadian flags and “F—- Trudeau” banners were as commonplace as signs decrying mask mandates and promoting conspiracy theories about the vaccine — as were calls for all mandates and public health orders to be lifted.