On a sunny evening last week, a crowd of revellers celebrating Pride Month in Westlock, Alta., painted a rainbow crosswalk for the first time in the town’s history.
Despite some worries that the event could be disrupted by protests, it went off without a hitch.
“I know that this is a kind and loving and compassionate community,” Mayor Ralph Leriger said at the event. “I had faith that they would show up to support, and they have.”
The crosswalk project had been proposed by the Thunder Alliance, a group that supports members of the LGBTQ community at R.F. Staples Secondary School in the
