Opening day of Manitoba's spring session of the legislature in 1999 became one marked by riot police, pepper spray and an angry crowd pushing its way through the doors. WATCH | The Manitoba Legislature is stormed by protesters on April 6, 1999:Crowd storms Manitoba Legislative Building, 1999 CBC News Manitoba Video 1:27 April 6, 1999, was supposed the opening day of the spring session at the Manitoba Legislature, but it turned into a day of protest, complete with riot police and pepper spray. Protesters pushed past the barricades at the Manitoba Legislative Building in 1999. Student sit-inIn 1990, university students rallied at the legislative building to protest what they said was underfunding of post-secondary institutions. While the events at the Capitol will go down in history, the ones at the Manitoba legislative building hardly register in online searches.

Source: CBC News January 10, 2021 12:00 UTC