Coutts Border Protest

• ‘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
  
• Undercover officer testifies at murder-conspiracy trial around Coutts, Alta. blockade

  Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert are on trial charged with conspiring to murder police officers at the blockade.

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  Jun 11, 2024
  
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• ‘Intended to incite’: Calgary pastor found guilty on 2 border blockade charges

  A judge has found Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski guilty of mischief for his role in protests against COVID-19 public health measures.

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  May 2, 2023
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• ‘The eyes of the world’: Trial of Calgary pastor charged in Coutts border blockade underway

  A court has seen video of a Calgary pastor encouraging truckers to keep blocking the Canada-U.S. border to protest COVID-19 restrictions because the world was watching.

  Crime

  Feb 2, 2023
• Alberta RCMP charge 3 more people in relation to Coutts border blockade

  All three have been released and are scheduled to appear in Lethbridge Provincial Court on Oct. 4.

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  Sep 16, 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.

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  Jul 18, 2022
• 2023 trial date set for men accused of conspiracy to commit murder at Alberta border blockade

  Four people were among 14 people charged in February after RCMP found a cache of guns, body armour and ammunition in trailers at the protest near Coutts, Alta.

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  Jul 11, 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.

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  Jun 30, 2022
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• Media outlets wait for August court decision on Coutts, Alta. warrant details

  Five national media outlets and the New York Times applied to have the information that led to the search warrants near the Coutts border protest unsealed.

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  Jun 28, 2022
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• Setting of trial dates for 4 men accused in Coutts blockade delayed until July 11

  Prosecutor Steve Johnston said the Crown will proceed with direct indictments against the four charged with conspiracy to commit murder during the Coutts, Alta., border blockade

  Crime

  Jun 13, 2022