Thunder Pride is an annual

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parade and festival, staged in

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."Thunder Bay Pride celebrations biggest ever, organizers say"
CBC Thunder Bay, June 17, 2018. Following the launch of a planning committee in 2010, the event was staged for the first time in 2011. For the first two years it consisted solely of a community festival, with a parade added to the event calendar for the first time in 2013. It was only the second pride festival ever launched in the

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region, following Sudbury Pride in 1997. The parade route follows Red River Road, from Waverley Park near

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campus to Marina Park on the waterfront. At the 2018 festival, organizers took special security precautions following the disruption of several small-town Pride events in

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earlier in the year."Thunder Pride taking precautions in case of disruptions"
CBC Thunder Bay, June 15, 2018. No disruptions were reported in the end.

References

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