Waterloo granted injunction to help prevent unsanctioned street parties during St. Patrick's Day weekend

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 10, 2025 9:33 AM EDT | Last Updated: March 10

The City of Waterloo has been granted a tribunal injunction that aims astatine helping constabulary interruption up "dangerous unsanctioned thoroughfare gatherings" during the play starring up to St. Patrick's Day, a merchandise sent retired by the metropolis said connected Monday.

"This injunction is an further instrumentality to assistance america forestall and code unsafe unsanctioned thoroughfare gatherings successful Waterloo," said Nicole Papke, Waterloo's manager of municipal enforcement.

St. Patrick's Day successful the assemblage territory of Waterloo typically sees thoroughfare parties with thousands of students attending, which often raises information concerns for police. 

The injunction bid granted to the metropolis by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice volition beryllium successful effect from Friday, March 14 astatine 12:00 a.m. to Monday, March 17 astatine 11:59 p.m.

"Anyone attending, hosting, creating, sponsoring, oregon permitting a Nuisance Party,  unsanctioned thoroughfare gathering, oregon different violating s. 2.1 of the City's Nuisance By-law successful the University District country could beryllium arrested, detained and held successful custody by the police, and charged with disobeying an bid of court," the merchandise said.

The assemblage territory country includes the Northdale and MacGregor neighbourhoods, the confederate information of the Sugarbush neighbourhood, and a bulk of the Uptown neighbourhood. It besides includes Waterloo Park.

Police volition beryllium expanding the fig of officers successful the area.

"We privation radical to bask St. Patrick's Day successful a harmless and respectful mode that does not origin harm to themselves oregon others," Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) Chief Mark Crowell said successful the release, adding radical should observe successful a "licensed, ineligible establishment."