A Saskatchewan woman is questioning whether her race played a part when her shopping carts were flagged by customer service before she could pay for her groceries at a Walmart in Estevan. “I don’t want to play that race card, but I honestly think that may have had something to do with it,” Ramona Knebush said.
Knebush, a member of Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation, buys what she considers “essential” groceries for the 17 elders in her community.
It’s something she’s done since February, but the list got longer since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. “With this going on, we increased our budget so we could get more of the essentials for them,” Knebush said. “If I wasn’t doing this, they might not be getting fresh fruits, fresh vegetables,