EDMONTON --
The Ismaili Muslim community in Edmonton partnered with the City of Edmonton to host a Canada Day breakfast and pop-up vaccination clinic Thursday morning.
The community had hosted a Canada Day pancake breakfast at the legislature grounds for the past 32 years in Edmonton until last year when the COVID-19 pandemic halted their streak.
This Canada Day, the group was excited to not only restart their annual tradition but help the fight against COVID-19 by offering immunizations to residents at the Hope Mission shelter.
Jan Musani, a volunteer with the Ismaili community, told CTV News Edmonton that the event started with Indigenous elders hosting a smudging ceremony and a teaching.