Photo From Service Alberta

By The Canadian Press

Alberta

Edmonton restaurant chain wins hotly contested auction for donair costume

Aug 15, 2023 | 4:29 PM

EDMONTON – That’s a wrap on a fierce bidding war for a one-of-a-kind costume.

The winning bid for a donair costume being auctioned off by the Alberta government was listed at $16,025 when bidding closed on Monday evening.

Edmonton restaurant chain PrimeTime Donair has confirmed that it won the auction.

Service Alberta says the costume was purchased in 2015 for a traffic safety video about the perils of driving high on cannabis.

However, the video was never made, as the province decided to go in another direction for the awareness campaign.

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The listing for the donair costume boasts that it is made of latex, vulcanized rubber and synthetics, and that it comes with a silver-coloured body suit “for that authentic tinfoil look.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 14, 2023.

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