A June 22, 2026 article by Daniel Chai for the Daily Hive announced the second protest being organized by Torin Laroque and fellow organizers against AI data centres in Vancouver, Note: Links have been removed,

A second large-scale demonstration against the proposed cluster of AI data centres in Vancouver is slated for Saturday, June 27, [2026] and traffic will be impacted throughout downtown and Fairview.

Organizers @no.ai.vancouver, which formed shortly after Telus announced it was moving ahead with plans to build a major sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure network in B.C., said that its “collective protest” was to raise awareness of several vital concerns.

“The rampant, unregulated deployment of AI in recent years is the result of the blatant theft and distribution of countless copyrighted works, negatively impacting thousands of artists, writers, filmmakers, and other creators across Canada,” said No AI Vancouver in a release.

“The development of this technology, especially in Vancouver [which is] home to some of Canada’s most creative industries, raises significant red flags. There are also open questions about the centres’ impact on the electrical grid and local water supplies, which is of particular concern given Vancouver’s current Stage 3 water restrictions.

The demonstration on Saturday, June 27, [2026] will begin at the Vancouver Art Gallery at 1 p.m.

Hundreds of protestors are expected to turn out for the afternoon march from downtown to Vancouver City Hall at the intersection of Cambie Street and West 12th Avenue.

“This is not just a one-day thing,” said Torin Larocque, founder of No AI Vancouver. “Keep protesting online [and] in person. Do what you can to help stop this.”

Protesters who march to Vancouver City Hall will hear from speakers including B.C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan, Vancouver municipal election candidates Solomon Yi-Kieran and Stephanie Allen, union representative and digital artist Eddy Pedreira, and more.

The group has also shared a link to a petition calling for a stop to the Vancouver AI Data Centre, which has garnered nearly 14,000 signatures as of press time.

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You can find out more about No AI Vancouver on Bluesky (@noaivancouver.bsky.social) and/or here on LinkTree where you can join up, donate, etc.

My May 22, 2026 posting “Vancouver (Canada), AI data centres, and the Mayor’s 11 AI agents (3 of 3)” provides an overview of the AI data centre situation here in Vancouver and notice of the first and then upcoming protest. My May 26, 2026 posting “Protest movement building against proposed AI data centres in Vancouver (Canada)?” provided an update about the first protest.and more information about AI data centres in Canada. In May 2026 “No AI in Vancouver” was known as “No AI Data Centres in Vancouver.”