Workers fired over racist incident at Edmonton school

EDMONTON – A utility company says contract staff have been fired for making racist comments during a smudging ceremony at an Edmonton public school.

Epcor says school officials reported that students and staff heard construction workers swearing, using racist language and running their equipment during the ceremony last week at Edith Rogers School.

The workers were at a dry pond project across from where the ceremony was taking place.

Epcor shut down the construction site while it investigated.