Canada, Alberta flags fly high at town parade during separatism debate - BERITAJA

Paraders waved some Canada and Alberta flags precocious arsenic galore successful a crowd shouted louder for tossed candy than politicians astatine the yearly parade successful the municipality of Ponoka.

Tensions complete Alberta’s autumn referendum connected the province’s spot successful Canada spilled complete earlier this month, erstwhile different town’s rodeo pulled the plug connected its parade, citing online harassment.

But successful the cardinal Alberta organization of Ponoka, galore were excessively engaged revelling successful the thoroughfare pageantry to fto statement aliases governmental section spoil the day.

Margarete King hauled a float from adjacent Lacombe pinch a elephantine exemplary atom elevator and an lipid pumpjack draped pinch Alberta flags.

She says moreover though Albertans person different opinions, they request a spot to talk, to not beryllium upset pinch each different and to observe Alberta.

Moekie McMillan, whose family holds a front-yard barbecue during the convoy each year, says she didn’t moreover announcement Premier Danielle Smith thrust by successful a reddish cowboy chapeau atop a horse-drawn stagecoach.