SASKATOON Saskatoon police dispersed a crowd that gathered in a parking lot on Eighth Street Saturday night for a so-called “Cruise for Freedom.” Some participants drove along Eighth Street with signs and flags on their cars, then gathered in the Canadian Wholesale Club parking lot. The Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said organizers contacted Wholesale earlier in the week to ask for permission to hold the event in its parking lot, but the company said no, so police showed up. A brief confrontation between an officer and a person inside of a vehicle was caught on camera after the motorist honked several times at a parking police cruiser.
VANCOUVER Nearly two dozen more COVID-19 exposure notices have been posted at B.C. grocery stores and pharmacies in the past week. Loblaws, Sobeys and T&T Supermarkets have all posted warnings of possible exposures to the disease since last Monday. While the risk of transmission tends to be low in these cases, the companies say they post these notices in an effort to remain transparent. None of the notices prompted warnings from the stores respective health authorities. The latest exposure notices are for: Safeway at 20871 Fraser Hwy. in Langley. A notice was posted on Dec. 7; the employee last worked on Dec. 3.