Category: Saint John

10 demonstrators were arrested on Parliament Hill yesterday evening during an Indigenous rally which organizers say was to kick off a four-day reoccupation ceremony to counter Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations.

Demonstrators carried wooden poles to erect a large teepee, but police blocked the group just inside the gates. 10 people were detained briefly before being released on condition they stay off Parliament Hill for six months. But others later erected a large teepee in front of the Parliament buildings.

Here’s a story you’ve probably never heard before…a stage coach accident.

Several people were injured and a horse had to be put down after the stage coach crashed during an annual ride at Williams Lake in BC’s Interior.

The coach belonged to a local First Nation taking part in a parade before the annual Stampede. It tumbled down a 12 metre embankment.