Van Allen Insurance victim of Pride flag vandalism twice over 24 hours

Perth County OPP treating June 21 incident as hate crime

June 28, 2023 @ 10:06 amListowel Banner, Local News, News

Van Allen Insurance Inc.’s new Pride flag flaps outside the Listowel business following an incident on June 21 that saw a suspect destroy the original flag that had been flying out front of its Elma Street West property. Police are treating the vandalism as a hate crime. (Dan McNee photo)

LISTOWEL – Despite all the local progress that has been made in recent years in relation to inclusivity, it would appear that some individuals still can’t bring themselves up to speed. Van Allen Insurance Inc. discovered this in a very personal way when staff arrived for work on the morning of June 21. Sometime overnight,…

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