By
May 5, 2021
-Western Standard
A week after they confiscated its beer, Alberta RCMP officers and Alberta Health inspectors raided the Whistle Stop Cafe in Mirror, AB. early Wednesday morning, and changed the locks on the property.
The Mounties showed up at 6:30 a.m. MST on owner Chris Scott’s day off. Four police cars blocked entrances into the building. There was only one staff member working at the time.
“This is disgusting,” Scott said to the RCMP officers and AHS officials on the scene as he drove into the parking lot.
“How can any of you sleep at night? This is my property and I have the right to enjoy it.
“If you think this is gonna stop me, you have another thing coming.”
The AHS officer on the scene said they “are going to seize the building.”
After locking up the building, AHS officials got out of Dodge.
“We don’t need to be around when everybody rolls out of bed,” said one.
The AGLC had previously taken away its liquor licence and the Whistle Stop ceased beer sales. Hhowever, the establishment was raided for its beer supply later.
In scenes that looked like something from the prohibition era, an RCMP officer packed up all Whistle Stop’s beer without the owner’s consent and carted it away.
Scott decided to defy provincial lockdown orders and restrictions introduced by the UCP government and opened his restaurant on Jan. 21. He said he has received overwhelming support, and daily visits from the Mounties.
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