People walk on a Pride flag crosswalk in Calgary on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. The LGBTQ rainbow flag was defaced with a violent message, which was discovered early Sunday morning, the message was later covered with fresh paint and positive messages were left written with chalk. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley

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