Canadian school district to lock all schools due to anti-vax protests


  • World
  • Sunday, 19 Sep 2021

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A school district in the Canadian province of British Columbia will be locking down schools starting Monday due to ongoing anti-vaccine protests, the district said late on Friday.

The "hold and secure" protocol was enacted on Friday after people protesting vaccines and masks, who the district said had been targeting schools all week, entered two school buildings in and around Salmon Arm, British Columbia.

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