{"id":209134,"date":"2025-10-10T16:49:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/?p=209134"},"modified":"2025-10-10T16:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T20:49:39","slug":"mayor-alcock-releases-statement-regarding-mpp-grewals-visit-to-huntsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/mayor-alcock-releases-statement-regarding-mpp-grewals-visit-to-huntsville\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Alcock releases statement regarding MPP Grewal&#8217;s visit to Huntsville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cI was deeply saddened to learn that an MPP visiting Huntsville with his family was met with racist rhetoric along our Main Street. I have reached out to MPP Grewal to express my sincere apologies on behalf of the Town and Council. While the racism that individual displayed does not reflect the values I know to be held by many in this community, it was the experience MPP Grewal had. It is important that we speak out when events like this happen, so that hate does not win.\u201d  \u2014 Huntsville Mayor Nancy Alcock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/ford-and-smith-denounce-allegations-of-hateful-slurs-against-sikh-family-in-huntsville\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ford and Smith denounce allegations of hateful slurs directed at Sikh family visiting Huntsville<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI was deeply saddened to learn that an MPP visiting Huntsville with his family was met with racist rhetoric along our Main Street. 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