Police in northern Alberta are investigating after receiving a complaint about a man wearing what appears to be a Ku Klux Klan hood into Canada Post in Grimshaw, Alta. A photograph, shared widely on Facebook on Friday, shows a man in jeans, a reflective work jacket and a pointed white hood with eye slits cut into it. The hood resembles the head covering worn by members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), an infamous white supremacist hate group. Better known for its presence in the United States, there has also been a well-documented KKK presence in Canada and Alberta. Some of the Klan's ideas are reflected in the ideologies of other far right and white supremacist groups operating in Canada today.

Source: CBC News January 09, 2021 21:56 UTC