Why the Yellowknife protest's 'event planner' didn't actually plan the protest
CBC
Over 100 protesters drove across Yellowknife on Saturday to voice opposition to public health restrictions and show solidarity with the convoy in Ottawa.
Several vehicles attached Canadian flags and signs expressing disdain for vaccine mandates.
A single flatbed truck led the procession with a sign that read "Thank you truckers."
Drivers passing by either honked in support or shook their heads at their sight.
Who planned the event remains a mystery.
CBC News was unable to reach the organizers and was informed by an attendee that they didn't want to speak publicly for fear of reprisal at their place of employment.
The week leading up to the event included a bizarre social media situation involving someone impersonating a Yellowknife resident and posing as the event's organizer.
A false Facebook page for an event planner, impersonating Yellowknife resident Brie O'Keefe, created one of the only online public events for the protest.
O'Keefe is not a professional event planner nor did she organize the rally.
The online event didn't get much traction, as only one person said they were going before it was taken down by its creator.
"I'm hesitant to even speak to the media about it because I don't want to give them the attention that I feel like they are craving, or the fact that they seem to want to inconvenience or upset me," O'Keefe said of the impersonator on Thursday.
"So I'm just trying to keep a good sense of humour about it, and I'm not really concerned that anyone will actually think that this is me."
The page included photos that were lifted from O'Keefe's personal Facebook page, but she wasn't too bothered by that.
"I mean they chose nice photos," she said with a laugh.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.