A colourful walkway meant to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community in a southern Alberta city has been defaced with tar and feathers.
A short time after the post was made, work crews from the city of Airdrie arrived to clean up the mess., the group in charge of maintaining the pathway, said it costs them hundreds to repaint it.
"We will repaint as often as we need, but this costs us $300 every time we do, which takes away from the programming we offer in the community," it wrote onAirdrie RCMP says this is the second time in the past seven days the Pride pathway has been targeted. "Last weekend the pathway was also left with offensive graffiti specifically targeting the LGBTQ community. The RCMP take these offenses very seriously and are investigating these incidents," police said in a release Saturday afternoon.
In order to help in the investigation, police have asked anyone who has any surveillance footage, camera recordings or witnessed any suspicious activity to come forward and speak with police. They are specifically looking for information on the activities within and near Nose Creek Regional Park between 3 p.m. June 19 and 11 a.m. June 20 and between 10 p.m. June 26 and 11 a.m. June 27.
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