{"id":679993,"date":"2026-05-19T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679993\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:44:09","slug":"social-media-bunskin-trend-could-be-linked-to-brampton-park-shutdown-on-victoria-day-amid-police-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/679993\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media \u201cBunskin\u201d trend could be linked to Brampton park shutdown on Victoria Day amid police response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to know<\/p>\n<p>Chinguacousy Park in Brampton was shut down on Victoria Day after Peel Regional Police reported large, unsafe crowds and widespread fireworks use.<\/p>\n<p>Police ordered all attendees to leave the park, which remained closed until further notice as officers assisted in clearing the area.<\/p>\n<p>Videos circulating on social media show large youth crowds and fireworks being discharged in or near the gathering, with some clips showing panic.<\/p>\n<p>The incident follows online promotion of a \u201cBunskin Day\u201d trend involving fireworks at coordinated meetups in Brampton and Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Brampton and Peel Regional Police shut down Chinguacousy Park on Victoria Day following reports of unsafe gatherings and the use of fireworks tied to a planned social media trend involving fireworks being discharged into crowds.<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 7:41 p.m. on Monday, police announced that the city would be closing the park due to \u201clarge, unsafe gatherings and use of fireworks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said all individuals in the park were directed to leave the area, and officers were deployed to assist in clearing the space. The park remained closed until further notice.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PARK CLOSURE: <\/p>\n<p>-The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityBrampton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@CityBrampton<\/a> has closed Chinguacousy Park due to large, unsafe gatherings and use of fireworks. <br \/>-Effective immediately, park is closed. <br \/>-All individuals in the park are to leave the area. <br \/>-Park will remain closed until further notice. <br \/>-Police on scene\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeelPolice\/status\/2056520640887165033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">May 18, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Several videos circulating on social media show large crowds, primarily made up of youth, gathered throughout the park during the holiday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In some clips, individuals can be seen running in panic as fireworks are set off within or toward the crowd. Other footage appears to show fireworks being discharged in close proximity to attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes after social media posts circulated in the days leading up to Victoria Day promoting \u201cBunskin Day\u201d events at both Chinguacousy Park in Brampton and Centennial Park in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>On social platforms, \u201cBunskin\u201d is used to describe a trend involving fireworks being shot into or toward large gatherings of people, often during coordinated meetups organized online.<\/p>\n<p>Now Toronto has reached out to Peel Regional Police for comment on whether the incident was connected to the \u201cBunskin Day\u201d trend and whether any charges or injuries resulted from the gathering. Police are expected to provide further details at a press conference Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know Chinguacousy Park in Brampton was shut down on Victoria Day after Peel Regional Police reported&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48,249749],"class_list":["post-679993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chinguacousy-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}