Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson will request a review of the city's extreme-weather protocols after an online video recently surfaced that showed police officers ordering people who were sheltering in a downtown LRT station to leave on a freezing night. Iveson said he hoped the review will help city council make changes, if needed, to improve the implementation of extreme-weather protocols and "learn from this event." The leader of the local chapter of an Indigenous community watch group took the video Sunday night. Judith Gale from Bear Clan Patrol said she was distributing food to about a dozen people in the Central Station LRT shortly past 8 p.m. when officers approached and told the people to leave. In the video, the officers say the group has to wear masks, which Gale says they had removed to eat.

Source: CBC News February 17, 2021 03:59 UTC