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By James Peters

Walt Cobb

Hundreds sign petition calling for Williams Lake mayor’s resignation

Nov 4, 2021 | 10:38 AM

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Hundreds of signatories have added their voices to the call for Williams Lake Mayor Walt Cobb to resign.

Cobb has been under fire for a social media post shared recently lauding “the other side” of Canada’s residential school system, describing the system’s benefits.

The post, which Cobb has since deleted, led the Tsilhqot’in Nation to call for Cobb’s resignation.

At Tuesday’s (Nov. 2) regular council meeting, Cobb apologized for the post but refused to step down.

Wednesday, the Tsilhqot’in Nation renewed its call for Cobb’s resignation, having unearthed another racially-charged social media comment attributed to Cobb.

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A petition has been launched on the website change.org calling for Cobb’s resignation. As of Thursday morning, the petition had received more than 800 signatures with a stated goal of 1,000.