After reading in the Revelstoke news about vandalized Alberta-registered vehicles, Charlene Pors said sheB次元官网网址檚 nervous to drive downtown.
While Pors and her family live in Revelstoke, her partner works for an oil and gas company in Alberta. His work truck has a red plate.
Recently, Matt Graham, who also has Alberta plates but lives in Revelstoke, found his car keyed outside his work and a note telling him to B次元官网网址渇**k off back to AlbertaB次元官网网址�.
B次元官网网址淚 get it. People are on edge, but itB次元官网网址檚 not an excuse to touch and wreck other peopleB次元官网网址檚 stuff,B次元官网网址� said Graham at the time.
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Pors said she sometimes uses her partnerB次元官网网址檚 Albertan truck for errands around Revelstoke.
On May 27, Pors parked the truck downtown while she bought kidsB次元官网网址� clothes. When she came back, she saw a note on the windshield.
Expecting the worst and something cruel, she read the note and instead was surprised.
B次元官网网址淲elcome to our lovely town of Revelstoke,B次元官网网址� read the letter.
Pors said the letter was respectful and warming.
B次元官网网址淒espite what you may have seen in the news. The majority of citizens here understand that our economy depends on the influx of visitors year round and our businesses depend on people like you.
B次元官网网址淎ll the best in your travels, we hope to see you back when this is all over,B次元官网网址� finished the letter.
Pors said the letter showed Revelstoke was coming together as a community and was not going be characterized by a select few.
B次元官网网址淎 person should not be defined by their plate colour,B次元官网网址� she said.
While the authors of both notes have remained anonymous, Pors said she is going to pay it forward and put her note on another Alberta vehicle.
B次元官网网址淲hoever wrote this - IB次元官网网址檓 a Revy local and couldnB次元官网网址檛 agree more.B次元官网网址�
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MP for Kootenay-Columbia Rob Morrison posted on Facebook that his office is inundated with notes of concern around hatred expressed towards fellow Canadians based on the colour of their licence plates.
B次元官网网址淎s we enter the aftermath of this pandemic we will have an opportunity to lend a hand of help and in that act of kindness we will begin to silence the voices of hate. I am calling on all Kootenay-Columbians to denounce hate in all its forms,B次元官网网址� he writes.
The District of Sicamous posted on Facebook, reminding people to stay kind.
B次元官网网址淲hat if we stopped looking at licence plates and instead looked at the actual people around us, saw them for the individual human beings that they are, and gave them a smile, maybe even a nod hello?B次元官网网址�
B.C. is still asking people to avoid non-essential travel across the provincial border to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
liam.harrap@revelstokereview.com
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