Diane Therrien

2022 - 8 - 17

Peterborough

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"Fck off, you fckwads": Peterborough mayor calls out QAnon ... (Daily Hive)

Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien didn't mince words when asked to comment on the antics of QAnon protestors over the weekend.

“Wash your mouth you whore,” it read. [August 17, 2022] Thank you for standing up to this nonsense. Therrien’s colourful tweet was retweeted over 1,800 times and liked over 11,000 times. Therrien faced her share of internet trolls since the tweet and even shared a rather vulgar email she received. [August 16, 2022]

Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien has harsh words for Didulo ... (ThePeterboroughExaminer.com)

Mayor Diane Therrien used Twitter to send a message to the people who tried to arrest police officers in the city Saturday.

She was exonerated by the investigation, as she was for a second complaint about changes she made to councillors’ portfolio positions. Didulo arrived at Saturday’s event in the RV she uses to travel the country, accompanied by “security” staff in white uniforms. The other was a man about 50 to 60 years old, about five foot seven with a white moustache and goatee. Other encouraged her to run for higher office, with one noting the provincial Liberals and NDP both need new leaders. After several hours, the protesters confronted police officers arriving for the 4 p.m., leading to scuffles and the arrest of two men, including Curtin. The station remained locked and police did not engage with the people outside.

WARMINGTON: Peterborough mayor drops F-bombs after protesters ... (Toronto Sun)

But don't call Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien shy about saying how she feels about people bringing their demonstrations into her city. She got especially ...

It certainly was an foolish and unsavoury idea and unfair to the cops who have played no role in government vaccine policy decisions. The debate is on. [she tweeted](https://twitter.com/DianeNTherrien/status/1559623988648763394) Tuesday. “It’s well organized.” Needless to say things got dangerous Saturday in a wild scene. But don’t call Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien shy about saying how she feels about people bringing their demonstrations into her city. Article content “I hate giving airtime/spotlight to these imbeciles. She’s got that right. A melee broke out in which two people were physically taken down when police grew concerned they were too close to their car.

Peterborough mayor fires back at Romana Didulo followers (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

An Ontario mayor had some harsh words for protesters who attempted to place local police officers under arrest Saturday.

The man allegedly kicked the rear door of the police station and “struck” an officer while doing so. No officers were successfully placed under arrest. In a tweet published Tuesday, Peterborough mayor Diane Therrien called a group of protesters, led by Canadian conspiracy theorist Romana Didulo, “F*** wads” and told them to “F*** off.”

Peterborough mayor defends her use of the f-word in response to ... (CBC.ca)

Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien pulled no punches when she sent an f-word filled tweet out in response to a scene that played out over the weekend.

You know, they came to try to arrest the police. And sure, there's always the risk of provoking it more. I've been using this approach for at least two years, since we've been dealing with the height of the pandemic. I mean, I have a master's degree, so I can talk to you in a scholarly language when I need to. But I can also talk to people on the level that they deserve to be talked to. But, you know, again, men get away with saying this kind of stuff frequently.

Peterborough mayor Diane Therrien's f-bomb tweet goes viral ... (kawarthaNOW.com)

By kawarthaNOW. 'Mayor of Peterborough' trends on Twitter after Therrien responds to Saturday incident at local police station.

“We have no support from our male colleagues for the most part and that’s a broader trend that we’re seeing throughout Canada. What is as concerning to me is the conduct of the unhinged bully who gets away with despicable, hypocritical behaviour and is never challenged by the municipal council. “Peterborough is such a fabulous community of progressive people,” Therrien said. she said ‘People are asking you to comment’, and I don’t think this tweet was what she had in mind. But she also knows me well enough to know that this was the likely scenario.” “That’s a long way of saying that’s where the tweet came from. I did not anticipate this level of interest in it.” Caryma Sa’d, who covered the Saturday incident in Peterborough on social media, was also a guest. “It’s been over two years of this kind of protest … The city’s integrity commissioner later exonerated Therrien in a 24-page report. It led in part to former Peterborough mayor Paul Ayotte filing a complaint against Therrien for contravening the City of Peterborough’s code of conduct and the city’s social media policy. By Wednesday afternoon, that tweet had received almost 16,000 likes, over 2,500 retweets, and over 1,800 quote retweets, with “Mayor of Peterborough” trending on Twitter in Canada and the story appearing on the home page of Reddit.