Team Alberta causing stir with Oil-themed mitts

Team Alberta’s mittens at the Canada Winter Games in Red Deer are bringing in mixed reviews.

One mitt of the pair has, “Oil Oil” written on it accompanied by an oil rig design, while the other features a cartoon cow with a speech bubble reading, “Beef! Beef!”

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley showed her support for the mitten message, tweeting she loved them.

But Marlies van Dijk, the mother of an athlete, says the mitts feel like propaganda to her daughter.