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5 charged following weekend anti-mask rally in Calgary
COVID-19 public-health orders on Saturday that drew hundreds of unmasked protesters to downtown Calgary.According to police, the situation on Saturday escalated toward the end of the rally, when a large group of people crowded officers and started to interfere as they were handing out tickets.Charges include obstructing a peace officer, assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. The names and ages of the accused were not given.“A lot of times these gatherings involve a lot of people and it can be a fairly dynamic situation – we tend not to go into the middle of that, and I think the challenges of doing that were underscored on Saturday,” Calgary police chief Mark Neufeld said on Monday.