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Comedy show in B.C. cancelled after outrage over troupe's Robert Pickton T-shirts

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Warning: This article contains details about violence against Indigenous women. It also contains a photo of a caricature of a convicted killer.

A comedy club in New Westminster, B.C., says a show featuring comedy troupe Danger Cats has been cancelled after public outrage over the group’s sale of T-shirts depicting serial killer Robert Pickton. 

In a now-deleted Facebook post, Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy B.C. wrote it had decided to cancel the event, noting it missed the mark and aims to do better. 

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“While we value and support the freedom of expression in comedy, we recognize that the chosen material for this show has caused discomfort in

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