Coutts Blockade

• Man jailed for role at COVID protest in Coutts gains bail pending appeal

  The blockade tied up traffic at the Canada-U.S. border crossing for two weeks in early 2022.

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  Jun 30, 2025
  
• ‘A reality that I face’: Coutts protesters face jail for part in 2022 blockade

  The Crown has recommended a nine-month sentence for Van Huigenbos and six months for Janzen because he played a lesser leadership role in the blockade.

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  Jan 10, 2025
  
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• Crown seeks prison time for pair accused of mischief at Coutts border protest

  One of two men who became the faces of a blockade at a key Alberta border crossing in 2022 offered a public apology Thursday at the end of sentencing arguments.

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  Jan 9, 2025
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• Protesters convicted of mischief at Alberta blockade to be sentenced next year

  The sentencing was originally scheduled for late September.

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  Oct 17, 2024
• Sentencing delayed for 3 ringleaders convicted of mischief at Coutts blockade

  The three were charged for their roles in a blockade that tied up cross-border traffic between Canada and the United States at Coutts for two weeks.

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  Sep 27, 2024
• Men convicted in Coutts blockade were ready for shootout with police, judge says

  An Alberta judge says evidence shows two men convicted for their roles at the 2022 border blockade near Coutts, Alta., were ready for a shootout with police.

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  Aug 27, 2024
• Crown prosecutors in Alberta may appeal not-guilty verdicts in Coutts murder-conspiracy case

  The blockade tied up traffic for two weeks in early 2022 to protest COVID restrictions, including vaccine mandates for truckers.

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  Aug 21, 2024
• Jury deliberations in Coutts blockade murder-conspiracy trial enter 3rd day

  There was no verdict reached after a full day of discussions Thursday into the guilt or innocence of the two men.

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  Aug 2, 2024
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• Fate of 2 Alberta men charged with murder conspiracy related to Coutts blockade in hands of jury

  The five-man, seven-woman jury was handed the case late Wednesday afternoon.

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  Aug 1, 2024
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• Alberta judge gives instructions to jury in murder-conspiracy trial of Coutts protesters

  The panel has been hearing testimony for seven weeks in Court of King's Bench in the case.

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  Jul 31, 2024