McDonald’s has pulled out of downtown Kamloops following a series of violent incidents, prompting a conversation about public safety in the Interior B.C. city.
On Sunday, March 27, video was posted to YouTube in which a man could be seen yelling obscenities and knocking down display cabinets.
The video quickly circulated through the community on social media, along with news that owner Brandy Gozda-Sekhon was permanently closing the restaurant, long an anchor tenant in the city’s downtown core.
Gozda-Sekhon did not respond to CBC’s requests for interviews but told the newspaper Kamloops This Week that incidents of violence and drug use had become “too much” for her
