Alberta Border Blockade

• Jurors in Coutts blockade public mischief trial will hear final arguments next week

  The Crown and defence lawyers have wrapped up their cases in the trial of three men accused of orchestrating the border shutdown at Coutts, Alta., in early 2022. 

  Crime

  Apr 12
  
• Mischief trial hears RCMP tried to convince Coutts border protesters to quit

  An RCMP officer has described the tenuous, and often fraught, relationship police forged with protesters as they tried to end the COVID-era border blockade in Coutts.

  Canada

  Apr 10
  
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• Alberta received no federal help to deal with protest blockade last winter: inquiry

  The commission was told Thursday that Alberta RCMP had the power to clear the convoy from the border, but it didn't have the tow truck co-operation it needed to get the job done.

  Politics

  Nov 10, 2022
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• Coutts mayor says RCMP was caught off guard by blockade despite warnings

  Jim Willett, mayor of Coutts, Alta., told the inquiry that he warned Jason Kenney and the province's solicitor general about the impending protest by email on Jan. 27.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2022
• Bail denied for 4th suspect charged with conspiracy to commit murder at Coutts border protest

  Queen's Bench Justice Johnna Kubik ruled in Lethbridge court on Monday that Jerry Morin, who is 40, must remain in custody until his trial.

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2022
• Bail decision reserved for 4th suspect accused of conspiracy to commit murder in Coutts, Alta.

  Jerry Morin, who is 40, attended the two-day hearing in Lethbridge, Alta., by video. Queen's Bench Justice Johnna Kubik says she would give her ruling on July 18.

  Crime

  Jun 30, 2022
• Man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at Alberta border going directly to trial

  A lawyer for Christopher Lysak has told a Lethbridge judge that he is waiving his right to a preliminary hearing and he has elected to be tried by a jury.

  Crime

  Apr 11, 2022
• Man charged with conspiracy to commit murder in Coutts border blockade denied bail

  Christopher Lysak, 48, appeared by video Wednesday from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre to hear Justice Vaughan Hartigan deliver his decision.

  Crime

  Mar 2, 2022
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• Bail decision reserved for Coutts blockade protester Christopher Lysak

  A judge reserved his decision on Tuesday over bail for Christopher Lysak, one of four people charged with conspiracy to commit murder after arrests at the Coutts border blockade.

  Crime

  Mar 1, 2022
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• 4 charged with conspiracy to murder after raid on Coutts blockade

  Eleven individuals were in a Lethbridge court facing weapons, mischief and conspiracy to murder charges, following a raid at the Coutts border blockade.

  Crime

  Feb 15, 2022