By Canadian Press

Grimshaw

Mounties investigate reported incident of person wearing a white hood in Grimshaw

Jan 10, 2021 | 10:05 AM

RCMP say they are investigating a complaint about a person who was reportedly outside a business in Grimshaw, wearing a white hood over his head.

A picture that was circulating on social media Saturday appeared to show a man wearing a hood with eye holes and a point at the top that looks like ones worn by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Const. Jennifer Brewer says one complaint was received about the incident, alleged to have occurred on Friday, and that police are still investigating.

Grimshaw Mayor Bob Regal posted a response to the picture after some people alleged that Grimshaw is a racist community, which Regal denies.

Regal said in an interview he hasn’t heard of any similar incidents and has no idea who the person in the photo is, noting that even though Grimshaw is small, it serves a large outlying area.

Opposition NDP leader Rachel Notley took to Twitter, calling the incident “vile and disgusting.”