Ontario festival video was misrepresented as an anti-immigration march.

A reel showing torchbearers at the Cochrane Winter Carnival was circulated with added chanting audio claiming 'deportations'; the original local footage shows people talking and laughing while the chant audio matches protests in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

A social media reel circulated that appeared to show torchbearers at an Ontario winter festival chanting "deportations." The footage of torchbearers matches the Cochrane Winter Carnival parade, which is a community event. Reviewers found the chanting audio came from protests in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The higher-quality local video shows chatter, laughter and no coordinated chanting. Verified details: - The online caption claimed "Deportations" chants at the Cochrane Winter Carnival and a Feb. 15 Facebook reel drew widespread views. - The torchlight parade footage itself is authentic and matches a local video shared the evening of the parade; the carnival's page listed the parade on a Thursday, not Sunday. - The higher-quality local clip shows crowd chatter, laughter and dogs barking, with no sustained chanting. - A woman’s voice in the circulated clip has a British accent; identical call-and-response audio was identified from a Feb. 8 protest in East Sussex, England. - A separate Irish protest clip from 2024 shows a similar cadence and a matching whistle sound, suggesting portions of audio were reused. - Evidence indicates chanting audio was overlaid onto the original parade video, changing its apparent context. Summary: The circulation of edited audio turned a community torchlight parade into a misrepresented anti-immigration incident. Undetermined at this time.