Day march reported on April 29 that St. Petersburg authorities had banned representatives of the gay community from joining the May 1 parade.

“For the first time in the history of the movement in Russia, [representatives from the LGBT community] will miss out on the biggest street event of the year,” said LGBT parade organizers.

Free Trade Unions and Green Activists, who were granted official permission to join in St. Petersburg's Labor Day parade, said LGBT community members could march with them, as long as “no rainbow flags or [LGBT] banners were used… for the safety of the other marchers.”

Over the past year, St. Petersburg's LGBT community has been barred from several rallies held by the city's progressive community, including the Peace March, the Anti-Fascist March, and the March AgainstIt was another night of exciting hockey at the Castlegar Complex on Friday, December 27 in front of a very busy stand of supporters for both the Castlegar Rebels and the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. It was a win for Beaver Valley with a final 6-4 score, although the Rebels were up 4-2 at the end of the second period. It was in the third period that Beaver Valley dominated the play and ultimately scored four times against the Rebels.

Beaver Valley started the game with two goals in the first five minutes by Dallas Calvin (Archie Mckinnon) and Ryan Edwards (Dallas Calvin). The Rebels started their rally forward with only 19 seconds left on the clock in the first period, by Dylan Bowerman (Matt Reed, Kody Disher).

The Rebels came