‘Statement of Violence’: Activist, School Official Decry Pride Flag Burning

‘Statement of violence’: Activist, school official decry Pride flag burning

After a Pride flag was torched at a Norwich elementary school, a local LGBTQ advocate on Friday called the act a frightening display of violence, while the region’s top education official denounced it as “abhorrent.”

Town to hold annual Pride Flag Raising

Saugeen Shores will be holding the annual Pride Flag Raising again this year on May 30th. The municipality is a recognized Rainbow Registered community where diversity, inclusion and safety create a welcoming quality of life. Everyone is invited to the Flag raising on Friday at the ‘Plex’ in Port Elgin.

UPDATE: Police looking for surveillance footage related to Pride Flag incident

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating a mischief incident involving the destruction of a Pride flag at a school in Norwich Township. On the night of Friday, May 16, around 11:35 p.m., two individuals were captured on surveillance footage removing a Pride flag from a flagpole at a Jerdon Street school and setting it ablaze. Both suspects were wearing hoodies, but no further descriptions are available at this time. The OPP is urgin…