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Annual Smithers Pride event goes virtual again

Smithers pride has changed its celebration to online for the second year in a row due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The virtual event will be hosted on a variety of platforms including the Smithers Pride Society website, Facebook and YouTube pages.

According to Vice President of Smithers Pride Perry Rath, in 2020 there were a variety of performers and tried to get as many local performers as possible.

He added this year there will be performances and stories.

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Rath said it is primarily known as a family event.

“The idea of pride and diversity can be a part of every level of a person’s life so, there are age appropriate things for every age group like, reading stories and kids books,” he said.

Rath added it’s important for children to read books that have messages of inclusion and acceptance as they grow up.

He also said the Smithers Pride Society tries to focus on educating the public.

“Our thing is to help educate our community, educate the public on why pride is important and what misinformation is out there, it’s definitely out there, and so we need to do what we can to try to clarify a lot of that,” he said.

The event will be held Saturday from noon and will run for about an hour and a half. .

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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