Fast Forward Weekly Accepts Ad That Calgary's Dailies Won't Run
By AAN Staff
june 30, 2009 01:00 pm
The Vancouver Humane Society is trying to take its campaign against calf roping to Canada's biggest rodeo, the Calgary Stampede, but the group has had a hard time placing their anti-roping ad. It was rejected by the
Calgary Herald and the
Calgary Sun, but
the ad -- which is not particularly shocking -- will run in
Fast Forward Weekly. The
Sun's publisher
tells the CBC the ad is in "bad taste" and that the Vancouver Humane Society is "out of its jurisdiction."
Fast Forward publisher Ian Chiclo disagrees. "As long as there are no legal issues, we're not in the business of muzzling advertisers," he tells AAN News. "The Calgary Stampede is a great event for the city, but groups should be allowed to express their opinion about the event."