Clashing protestors ‘a traffic issue’
Posted by Steven Hurdle on March 9, 2008
Monday Magazine
The week
By — Jason Youmans
Mar 05 2008
Clashing protestors ‘a traffic issue’
West Shore RCMP managed to muster a grand total of five uniformed officers to attend the fracas outside the Spencer Road Shell station on Friday—one of the most tense moments in the past year’s campaign by environmental activists to highlight damage the sprawling high-end housing development is doing to the eco-system in the area.
Readers might remember that on February 13, West Shore RCMP organized between 50 and 70 police officers—RCMP have yet to confirm the total number—to oust a handful of protesters from the site of the proposed interchange.
“It’s all done with regards to risk-assessment,” said RCMP Cst. Tasha Adams. “This was more of a traffic issue than anything.”
Adams says West Shore RCMP were not aware Friday’s counter-protest was set to take place, although both the construction workers and environmental advocates received advance notice of the others’ intentions.
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