Rainbows filled Jasper last weekend for the 11th annual Pride.
The Pride festival was officially cancelled in March due to public health restrictions.
But despite the ban on in-person gatherings, the party still went on. Online.
A virtual party was held on Saturday night for would-be Pride attendees to celebrate at home. DJ Riki Rocket performed live from 4 Peaks nightclub via the streaming platform Twitch, with partygoers dancing at home, connecting with friends and requesting songs in a live chat room.
Lynn Wannop, co-chair of the Jasper Pride Festival, said: 鈥淩iki went so above and beyond. It was so fun, really, really cool.
鈥淪he was rocking out and having so much fun DJing and we had the chatroom where we were all talking and requesting songs, posting pictures of dancing in our living rooms and bedrooms.鈥�
Fork & Spoon, Jasper Pride鈥檚 foodie connection, also went ahead in a reduced way with Coco鈥檚 Cafe, Evil Dave鈥檚 Grill and Jasper Pizza Place supporting the initiative.
And Jasperites showed their support of the LGBTQ+ community over the weekend by hanging flags, decorating windows, and painting and drawing rainbows all around town.
Wannop said: 鈥淚 gave over 68 flags to the community and on Saturday afternoon drove around with the kids in the back, blasting pride anthems, to see them all. It was amazing.
鈥淚 feel like we are very lucky because we always have a lot of support.
鈥淭his year was different to the first ten but we still had a couple of events and the community support is amazing.鈥�
