I don’t know what goes on behind closed doors at Lakeland College, but as a provincially-funded institution that allegedly prides itself on student’s rights and freedoms, why were roughly 40 people forced to stand out in the cold for over an hour as they protested a decision made by the college?
Like many of our readers and concerned members of the community, I’ve been following the Chris King story since his team forfeited two games in November of 2024.
King was fired on Dec. 5, 2024, after almost two decades with the college. Like a dog to a bone, people want answers. Answers to questions Lakeland College has refused to answer since day one.
As Shaun Newman of the Shaun Newman Podcast said to me a few weeks ago, “There’s only so many news articles and opinions to write before the truth comes out.”
Well, a peaceful protest was held at Lakeland on Feb. 4. Protesters, however, were denied access to the inside of the school.
Additional security was brought in from the Vermilion campus and a guard was standing at each entrance during the roughly hour-long demonstration. The college allegedly instructed security to keep protesters out of the school to prevent disruption of other activities taking place at the time.
So, protesters weren’t allowed in the school, but as a member of the media, I figured I was. The group decided to move to the front of the school for better visibility, which is when I decided to cut through the building to meet them out front with my camera.
I wasn’t escorted out of the building, but you could cut the tension in that hallway with a knife as I was coldly greeted by members of Lakeland senior leadership.
It also didn’t take long for a security guard to come outside and tell the group they had to move … which they didn’t.
I may not know what happens behind closed doors at Lakeland, but the school’s hallways were caked with judging eyes and blank stares when old Taylor was walking through.
I’m just trying to do my job, which is something I believe senior leadership at Lakeland could be doing a lot more of.
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I’m thankful for SLTs support on Feb.4th, we had our students graduation ceremony at 1pm and because of security and SLT we had minimal disruptions from demonstrators. Also, there were classes going in and having demonstrators inside the school makes no sense. As per shared information, all demonstrators were welcomed to use Lakelands washrooms but to not disrupt graduation ceremonies, classes or the daycare.
That’s because you are a woke leftist media influencer who only publishes stories for kickbacks. And people are starting to see it. Nobody likes you Taylor. You’re a fraud.
Well I’m sure if he ran for council he’d get more than 506 votes 😂🤷🏼♀️ Which I might add, was shocking that 506 people even voted for you. 😂😂😂
Don’t mind Sara, she is clearly brain damaged