Protester facing charge of assault with weapon

A 62-year-old man has been charged with assault with a weapon after a confrontation near a downtown hotel which has a COVID-19 isolation unit for people unable to self-isolate.

Police say on Wednesday afternoon, a woman who worked at the isolation unit was on her break and “engaged in a verbal exchange” with a man who was among a group of protesters.

She told police that the man hit her on the head with his sign.

After she pointed him out, that’s when police made the arrest.