Despite court injunction, hundreds of students gathered in Waterloo on St. Patrick's Day weekend

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The City of Waterloo announced past week that it was granted a tribunal injunction allowing Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) to criminally complaint students who stitchery for unsanctioned thoroughfare parties during St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Saturday marked a time teeming with students on Marshall Street successful Waterloo's University District.

Police asked for public's practice portion moving partygoers connected Marshall St. Saturday

Hannah Kavanagh · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 16, 2025 10:19 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

A assemblage of green-clad partygoers basal astir houses and halt signs connected a street.

St. Patrick's Day celebrations went forward as hundreds of green-clad students filled Marshall Street and surrounding areas successful Waterloo Saturday despite a court-ordered injunction that could pb to their detainment and arrest.

In the days starring up to St. Patrick's Day, the City of Waterloo announced that it was granted an injunction bid by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice from Friday, March 14 astatine 12:00 a.m. to Monday, March 17 astatine 11:59 p.m.

The injunction allows police to detain, apprehension and complaint anyone who is participating successful unsanctioned thoroughfare parties successful that metropolis this weekend.

St. Patrick's Day often sees thousands of students instrumentality to the streets in the University District of Waterloo to drink, enactment and sometimes cause chaos and disorder.

This tribunal bid was met with mixed reactions by students and neighbours.

Instead of being fixed a ticket, enactment goers present hazard being charged with a transgression offence by Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) if engaging successful amerciable activities and thereby breaching the tribunal order.

Police officers basal extracurricular a building

This, however, did not deter everyone: Saturday day saw what appears to beryllium hundreds, perchance thousands, of students gathering connected the streets of Waterloo to drink, mingle and celebrate.

Saturday evening, WRPS released a connection asking the nationalist to debar the areas of Marshall Street and Regina Street North arsenic members of the WRPS Public Order Unit tried to determination individuals disconnected the streets.

WRPS public accusation serviceman Melissa Quarrie told CBC News successful an email Sunday that they "continue to show the situation" and "encourage those readying to celebrate, to bash truthful successful smaller gatherings, astatine licensed establishments, oregon astatine home."

Outside of that statement, spokesperson Cherri Greeno told CBC News Sunday that WRPS would not merchandise authoritative estimates of numbers oregon a summary of events until aft each celebrations were done.