Oh my! St Patrick's Day wasn't fun for some people in Waterloo, ON yesterday!
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Thousands of students flood Waterloo, Ont. street for St. Patrick's party
- CTV News
Thousands of party-goers flood Ezra Ave. in Waterloo, Ont. on Saturday, March 17, 2018.
With hoots, hollers, and chants of 'chug, chug, chug,' thousands of green-clad revellers descended on a Waterloo, Ont. street Saturday to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day.
Amid a large police presence, the street in the university and tech town was thronged by noon with students swigging green-hued beer. Police worked to contain the crowd at the unsanctioned street party, shutting down Ezra Avenue and issuing ticket after ticket, and even making several arrests.
At the party’s peak, paramedics were answering calls roughly every five minutes. Nearly all were alcohol-related.
That is 50 per cent extra of our normal call volume throughout the region just in this three block radius,” Robert Crossan of the Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services told CTV Kitchener. “So it’s a big deal for us.”
Officials said 25 revellers were hospitalized by the time the street party was finally shut down by police around 6 p.m. That number is expected to rise as parties continue well into the night.
In 2017, Waterloo paramedics transported 44 people to hospital on St. Patrick’s Day.
While no estimate of the crowd size was available Saturday, it appeared to be well above the 15,000 who showed up for the annual -- and unofficial -- street party last year.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/thous...o-ont-street-for-st-patrick-s-party-1.3847687
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Thousands of students flood Waterloo, Ont. street for St. Patrick's party
- CTV News
Thousands of party-goers flood Ezra Ave. in Waterloo, Ont. on Saturday, March 17, 2018.
With hoots, hollers, and chants of 'chug, chug, chug,' thousands of green-clad revellers descended on a Waterloo, Ont. street Saturday to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day.
Amid a large police presence, the street in the university and tech town was thronged by noon with students swigging green-hued beer. Police worked to contain the crowd at the unsanctioned street party, shutting down Ezra Avenue and issuing ticket after ticket, and even making several arrests.
At the party’s peak, paramedics were answering calls roughly every five minutes. Nearly all were alcohol-related.
That is 50 per cent extra of our normal call volume throughout the region just in this three block radius,” Robert Crossan of the Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services told CTV Kitchener. “So it’s a big deal for us.”
Officials said 25 revellers were hospitalized by the time the street party was finally shut down by police around 6 p.m. That number is expected to rise as parties continue well into the night.
In 2017, Waterloo paramedics transported 44 people to hospital on St. Patrick’s Day.
While no estimate of the crowd size was available Saturday, it appeared to be well above the 15,000 who showed up for the annual -- and unofficial -- street party last year.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/thous...o-ont-street-for-st-patrick-s-party-1.3847687
