Thursday, April 11, 2024
VOLUME 6 I ISSUE 42
MERIDIANSOURCE.CA
SATURDAY STAND-OFF
Photo courtesy of Dallon Byrt JEANNETTE BENOIT-LEIPERT STAFF WRITER
.................................. Lloydminster anticarbon tax protesters continue to stand their ground at the Alberta Information Centre on the east side of the city. The westbound lane was closed completely
on Saturday afternoon, and traffic was re-routed to the south. The police presence was substantial, but the media wasn’t allowed to enter the property. “It was hours and hours of this stand-off with us and every bit of what they asked us to
do, we did,” said protest organizer Miranda Courts Sunday. “They told us to stand behind the cat tails in the ditch—we all went back to the hill. We were told we could be on the sides of the access road here because it’s private
property and we have permission.” During the first three days of the protest, they were allowed to stand on the should er of t he r oad wit h signs and flags. They shut down the right lane as a safety buffer and enforced a 30/
kph speed limit. But by Wednesday evening things had changed. “Wednesday night it was no, sorry, you’ve got to be at the grass line. So Wednesday late night we moved to the grass line,” said Courts. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2