The Colors Issue going to court in Grande Prairie

<span style="color: #e69138;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Taken from the The Daily Herald Tribune - Grande Prairie April 23/07</span></span></i></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lawsuit launched over colours</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Mayor, alderman, city, pub owner, RCMP named The City of Grande Prairie, the RCMP and three individuals including the mayor, are facing a lawsuit in connection with the city's gang colours policy.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Last April, the city approved a voluntary program to give businesses support if they want to refuse access to anyone wearing gang colours or gang clothing. Along with the city and RCMP, the individuals who have been mentioned in the lawsuit are Mayor Wayne Ayling, Ald. Dwight Logan, and Charles Rodgers, owner of the Crown and Anchor Pub.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">According to the court's statement of claim, the five plaintiffs are identified as Warren Vavrek, Jamie Ryan, Jamie Morgan, Ian Wallace and Earnest Dumont.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The statement of claim also mentions comments made by the individuals facing the lawsuit in a newspaper article last year in April. All of the individuals facing the lawsuit were quoted in the article.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"I don't believe that there are any particular grounds for a suit. It's a legal matter, and the city's insurance lawyers will be handling it," said Logan.<br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ayling said those named in the lawsuit have been advised by their lawyers to not comment further.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Under the No Gang Colours, No Gang Clothing program, there is not a specific city bylaw that would prohibit the wearing of gang colours in commercial businesses.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Instead, the city lends its support to any business that wants to participate.<br /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Window decals and signs were distributed to participating businesses for free to display.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Similar to the "No shirt, no shoes, no service" policy undertaken by many businesses, the signs would warn "No gang colours, no gang clothing."</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">At the time, the No Gang Colours, No Gang Clothing program was approved the city believed that if the policy faced any legal challenges it would be able to withstand any lawsuits as it is enshrined in the constitution that any property owner can expel any person for any reason.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"It's about people who profess to follow a criminal lifestyle and basically saying that we don't want you to advertise that you are professing to follow a criminal lifestyle on city property," said Ayling.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"This is about a city policy for city policy, it doesn't profess to do anything on non-city property."</span><br />

The Colors Issue going to court in Grande Prairie

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Laval was a blast!

<span style="color: #e69138;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Pascal Richard and his group put on a wicked show with awesome entertainment and some of the most incredible iron I have ever seen competed in the first Eastern Canadian Championship of Bike Building.</span></i></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our newly crowned champ is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Jesy</span> from Classic Steel with Daniel from V2 Obsession coming in in second place.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Read this week and next weeks paper to get the full low down!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Have a great day everyone!</span></i>

Laval was a blast!

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Pascal Richard and his group put on a wicked show with awesome entertainment and some of the most incredible iron I have ever seen competed in the first Eastern Canadian Championship of Bike Building. Our newly crowned champ is Jesy from Classic Stee… Read more »

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