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Saskatoon Co-op says offensive messages were scrawled across its head office and nails were scattered in the parking lot as an increasingly-divisive strike over proposed wage changes entered its second week.

It’s unclear who is responsible for the graffiti or the nails, and the matter has been referred to city police for investigation, said Saskatoon Co-op chief executive Grant Wicks.

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“I can’t attribute (it) to any specific cause. I can tell you that in the six years we’ve been here, there’s been really zero incidences of vandalism,” Wicks said Tuesday in an interview.

Saskatoon police spokeswoman Julie Clark confirmed that graffiti was reported, but said there has been “nothing about nails.” Wicks said in a subsequent email that the incident would be reported soon.

The head of the union representing the roughly 900 striking employees said he didn’t know about the reports of vandalism at the co-operative’s offices until a reporter asked him about it.