Lorne Thurston and Joseph McIntyre were planning to get an up-close look at the Wayne Gretzky statue in downtown Edmonton on Friday, when they realized it had been smeared with what appeared to be — and strongly smelled like — feces. Wearing a white Oilers jersey, McIntyre was visiting from Nova Scotia and had hoped...
The Wayne Gretzky statue outside Rogers Place in Edmonton was vandalized with feces. The statue, originally unveiled in 1989 and relocated in 2016, was cleaned by an employee. The Oilers Entertainment Group condemned the vandalism. Police were not aware of the incident.