The mayor of a small Saskatchewan city is wondering if doing away with flag raisings is one way to avoid fights over whose flag gets to be raised.
It’s in the wake of a city council meeting on June 26 that saw passionate debate over whether the City of Estevan should raise a “straight pride” flag since the city had flown a pride flag in the past.
“It is an option … if there’s going to be fighting among the different groups, to try to head that off,” said Estevan Mayor Roy Ludwig. Estevan is a city of over 13,000 in the province’s southeast….