In response to an incident of violence yesterday evening in the Water Street area, Mayor Keith Hobbs made the following statement on behalf of City Council and Administration:

“We are deeply saddened by an incident of violence that occurred Wednesday evening in the Water Street area.  We have reported the incident and follow up social media posts to Thunder Bay Police Service and commend those people who intervened and helped.

As a City, we condemn hate-motivated crimes and discriminatory attitudes. We encourage everyone to report hate crimes and stand up to racism. Violence, hate crimes, discriminatory attitudes and actions are unacceptable in our community. We are better than this.”

Reporting Incidents

Report crimes in progress to Police at 911.

Report information on hate crimes to Crimestoppers to 1-800-222-TIPS.

If you experience or witness racism, report it at 211 or www.lspc.ca/incidentreport

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Contact:       Mayor Keith Hobbs, 625-3600