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By Troy Gillard

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‘No More Lockdowns Rodeo’ organizers charged for public health violation

May 11, 2021 | 3:04 PM

The organizers of an anti-lockdown rodeo held earlier this month near Bowden have been charged for violating public health orders.

Ty and Gail Northcott are to appear in Red Deer provincial court May 17 after Alberta RCMP served them with a summons on Monday for violating Section 73(1) of Alberta’s Public Health Act.

Ty Northcott confirmed the news in a Facebook post on Tuesday.

Hundreds attended the May 1-2 rodeo held on private land just south of Bowden after the Bowden & District Agricultural Society cancelled its permit for it to be held at its rodeo facility.

The event drew harsh criticism from Premier Jason Kenney.

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“That event was organized by people who simply don’t care. Apparently, they don’t care about COVID and apparently, they don’t care about the sacrifices that millions of Albertans are making every single day,” Kenney said at a May 3 news conference. He also said it was astounding that so many people in the province still don’t believe that COVID is real or some kind of big government conspiracy or hoax.

The Canadian Professional Rodeo Association, Foothills Cowboy Association and Wildrose Rodeo Association issued statements disassociating themselves from the event.