A rainbow flag will fly at Burnaby city hall this August to coincide with the city’s first-ever LGBT pride event.
On Monday, city council passed a motion to raise the flag from Aug. 9 to 13. It also agreed to provide a $3,400 grant to the organizers of the Aug. 11 street party on Jubilee Avenue.
The motion followed a request from a gay Burnaby resident who was previously told there was a blanket ban against flag requests in the city. Last month, the Mayor Derek Corrigan’s executive assistant emphatically told the resident that no requests would be entertained but Corrigan later told the Now no such policy existed.
