As has been tradition since 2020, paint was added to Skaters on Ice on each new years day beside the ice rink on the back lawns of the Alberta Legislature. 2026, an eagle in flight was added backside, a small gesture of lift in a heavy season. The tanks and guns were painted by the rink side behind the treeline on Remembrance day 2025, while the cannons fired.
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No corporate news cameras. No press gallery. No permission slip. Just me—filming, editing, uploading—while the Canadian Syrian community fills the Alberta Legislature grounds with celebration and story. Nine years locked out of press‑pass access, and still I show up. Still, I document. Still, I give a voice to the voiceless. This video marks the February 8, 2026, celebrations—another chapter in more than fifteen years of Citizen Free News reporting inside Edmonton’s Syrian community. History recorded for the people who refuse to disappear and remain silent. Citizen Free News.