St. Catharines Pride Crosswalk Defaced

Wednesday, 16 June 2021 16:58

By Linda Morgan

The Pride crosswalk in St. Catharines has been vandalized.

St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik tweeted the crosswalk was defaced at some point over the last few days.

The crosswalk, which is located on St. Paul Street near the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, will be repaired as soon as possible.

Mayor Sendzik's full statement is available below.

I’m disheartened to be writing this update, but sometime over the last few days the Pride Crosswalk DT was intentionally defaced. I want to repeat my support to the LGBTQ2S+ & Pride community in @St_Catharines & Niagara. The crosswalk will be repaired as soon as possible pic.twitter.com/xb6RLA4uXf
— Walter Sendzik (@WSendzik) June 16, 2021

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