{"id":4663,"date":"2020-10-17T23:02:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T03:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4663"},"modified":"2020-10-17T23:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T03:05:04","slug":"police-state-be-quite-clear-this-is-the-new-normal-anti-forced-mask-protesters-banned-from-b-c-ferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4663","title":{"rendered":"Police State: Be Quite Clear This is the New Normal &#8212; Anti-Forced Mask Protesters Banned from B.C. Ferry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police State: Be Quite Clear This is the New Normal &#8212; Anti-Forced Mask Protesters Banned from B.C. Ferry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police called after anti-mask protesters cause disturbance on Horseshoe Bay ferry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsnews.com\/authors?author=Ben Bengtson\">Ben Bengtson<\/a>\t     \n\t     \t\t \n\t\t \t\t \t  \/ \tNorth Shore News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 17, 2020 12:17 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:yourfriend@email.com?subject=Your%20friend%20suggests%20you%20read%20this&amp;body=Hi,%20%0A%0Athis%20is%20the%20article%20suggested%20by%20_____:%0A%0Ahttps:\/\/www.nsnews.com\/news\/police-called-after-anti-mask-protesters-cause-disturbance-on-horseshoe-bay-ferry-1.24222418%0A\">\uf199<\/a><a href=\"javascript:window.print()\">\uf02f<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.glaciermedia.ca\/polopoly_fs\/1.24222419.1602962241!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_804\/pic.jpg\" alt=\"pic\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>    \n\t    \t    At least a dozen anti-mask protesters were acting \nverbally abusive to other ferry travellers who were wearing masks on a \nvoyage from Nanaimo to West Vancouver Saturday morning. file photo Mike \nWakefield, North Shore News\n\t    \t    \t   \n    \n                       \n\t\t  \n\n\n\n\n        \n\n \n \n                  \n    \n  \n    \n  \n  \n         \n <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Police were called and a ferry sailing was delayed in Horseshoe Bay\n this morning after anti-mask protesters caused a disturbance onboard a \nvessel heading from Nanaimo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The incident occurred partway through the voyage en route from \nDeparture Bay to West Vancouver, according to Deborah Marshall, BC \nFerries spokeswoman.\n \n  \n \n   article continues below \n  \n  \n\n \n  \n   \n   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> At least a dozen anti-mask protesters who were aboard the vessel \nwere acting verbally abusive to other customers that were wearing masks,\n said Marshall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cWe believe that they were travelling over to the protest that\u2019s \nhappening in Vancouver today and they were causing a disturbance on the \nferry, so we had to phone the West Vancouver police and they came and \nattended,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"about:blank\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> An event called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsnews.com\/thousands-of-protestors-expected-at-freedom-mega-rally-this-weekend-in-vancouver-1.24222311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the B.C. Freedom Mega Rally is slated for today<\/a>\n outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, where thousands of people are \nexpected to rally in protest of physical distancing measures, \nquarantines, travel bans and other restrictions brought in to deal with \nthe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The anti-mask protesters were travelling aboard the Queen of Oak \nBay. The incident delayed boarding for the vessel&#8217;s return trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> An update issued on the BC Ferries website at 11:22 a.m. advised \npassengers that the ferry was operating 41 minutes behind schedule due \nto the earlier incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> When police arrived on scene after the ferry docked in West \nVancouver, they helped keep the peace and make sure there was no \nescalating situation, according to Cpl. Neil Schafer of the West \nVancouver Police Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cIt came to us as a disturbance. Our members attended, no arrests \nwere made,\u201d said Schafer. \u201cThere was no violence, no weapons, nothing of\n that nature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> While not much came from the call, Schafer added that police hadn\u2019t \nseen anything like this previously involving anti-mask individuals. \n\u201cThis was something new, at least in regards to the mask issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> While there were no arrests, it\u2019s going to be challenging for the \npeople involved in this morning\u2019s incident to grab a ferry home \nfollowing the rally, according to Marshall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cThey\u2019re banned from travel,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don\u2019t tolerate abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police State: Be Quite Clear This is the New Normal &#8212; Anti-Forced Mask Protesters Banned from B.C. 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