Drag performers and municipal leaders in a small community in northern New Brunswick are dismayed after threats of violence forced the cance
Drag performers and municipal leaders in a small community in northern New Brunswick are dismayed after threats of violence forced the cancellation of a planned performance at the Balmoral Community Centre.
It was a difficult decision, but municipal council felt that it was in everyone's best interest, said Mario Pelletier, mayor of Bois-Joli, a community formed during last year's municipal amalgamations.
Council and the organizing group Restigouche Pride consulted with the RCMP and made the decision jointly after getting threats by phone and online messages, said Pelletier.
Some people threatened acts of violence toward people at the show, while other threats were directed personally at Pelletier and his home. [...]
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