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A west-coast band that advocates for the environment and speaks out against pipelines has received a chilly reception in Saskatchewan.
Small Town Artillery was set to play a concert in Kindersley on April 9, but cancelled the show this week following a wave of social media backlash in the community.
“We did have some people say that they were thinking of protesting outside our show and cutting power to the building during our concert,” the group’s Tom van Deursen told Saskatchewan Afternoon’s David Kirton on Friday.
Van Deursen said he has great respect for the oil and gas industry, saying he has a lot of friends who work on the rigs and in the patch, but said when the mayor got involved, that was enough.
“It ended up getting to the point where the mayor of the town stepped in and he advised that maybe the venue shouldn’t do the show because of the temperance of the issue,” said van Deursen.
He addressed the controversy in a Facebook post on Wednesday.
Tom here. I’d like to take a moment to address something. This band has been an advocate for the move towards…
Posted by Small Town Artillery on Wednesday, March 4, 2020