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Protests erupt in Calgary amid G7
The Mercury
|June 17, 2025
HUNDREDS of protesters supporting various causes assembled peacefully in downtown Calgary at the weekend as the Group of Seven summit began a long drive away in the mountain resort of Kananaskis.
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In recent years, G7 protests have become tightly controlled affairs. Demonstrators are confined to designated spaces, often more than 100km from where world leaders meet.
The 2025 edition is no different, with protesters voicing their anger in Alberta's largest city.
Canadian officials promised a livestream of their messages to the isolated mountain town of Kananaskis where leaders of the seven industrialised nations are meeting.
The crisis in Gaza was a dominant theme for the crowd of about 500 gathered in front of Calgary’s main municipal building - one of several areas in the city designated as protest zones.
Police said no protesters were present at the other two local demonstration zones, including one near the Calgary airport where the leaders began arriving.
"I'm here because I’m an Indigenous person,’ said Emrys Peacock, who came by bus from British Columbia's Okanagan region.
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