Photos: Rally Staged In Downtown Peterborough To Call For An End Of Climate Delay
/Members of the Peterborough Alliance for Climate Action and For Our Grandchildren gathered outside the Ministery of Natural Resources (MNR) building to call for a shift off of fossil fuels on Wednesday.
The rally was supported nationally by 350.org, similar rallies were staged across the country. Photo by Luke Best.
Wednesday marked the one-year anniversary of the heat dome in British Columbia where record-breaking temperatures surpassed 40 C.
There were 231 people who died on June 29 last year due to extreme temperatures. Nearly 10 people every hour according to The British Columbia coroners’ service.
The rally began at 11 a.m. where protestors proceeded down Water Street before returning back and disbanding around noon.
