18 traffic tickets issued as Regina police lay charges in alleged Co-op refinery confrontation

Regina police say 18 traffic tickets were issued Monday in relation to an “illegal procession,” which appeared to protest charges against four men allegedly involved in a confrontation near one of the Co-op refinery gates.

“It is no secret that Monday’s procession involved protesters involved in a lengthy labour dispute between Unifor and Federated Co-operative Limited,” Supt. Lorilee Davies said in video posted on the Regina Police Service Facebook page Tuesday. “As a public safety agency, it is imperative that we have timely access and egress to our headquarter building. When that was compromised, we were forced to respond.The Co-op locked out its workers, represented by Unifor, on Dec. 5. The labour dispute is now entering its fifth month.In a press release Tuesday, RPS trace the origins of Monday’s procession back to what began as a report of 9th Avenue North roadblock.

Officers were dispatched around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 30 to deal with it, according to the press release. Within an hour and a half, the vehicles had been cleared out with the exception of a few parked near a gate.As police approached, “it was clear some sort of confrontation had occurred,” said the press release, which noted “one adult male had minor abrasions.”

Due to “conflicting accounts of what had occurred,” police said in the press release that they began an investigation.On Monday, four men were charged in connection with the incident.Kristopher James Atkinson, 41, of Emerald Park, faces two counts of common assault.They are all scheduled to appear in provincial court on July 20.

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