The Coutts blockade and the Coutts 4 trial, mandate-era prosecutions and their aftermath.
After executing a slow roll to the U.S.-Canada border town of Coutts, Alberta, to mark the third-year anniversary of the blockade, supporters gathered in Lethbridge to raise funds for the people jailed as a result of their participation in the anti-COVID-19 mandate blockade known as the Coutts border blockade.
"Everybody wants to move on from COVID, but with no accountability," says Alex Van Herk whose sentencing got delayed while his co-accused were given prison sentences for their role in the Coutts blockade during the "freedom convoy" in 2022.
Today, I’m at the Lethbridge courthouse in Alberta, covering the sentencing hearing for the Coutts Trio—Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos, and George Janzen. These three men, who are farmers, fathers, and passionate Canadians, could face up to 10 years in prison.
Despite frigid temperatures, dozens of Albertans gathered at the legislature in Edmonton to honor the victims—some of whom were their family members or friends—and to call for justice. I approached a man quietly standing among the crowd, holding a picture of a young teenager.
Artur Pawlowski, known internationally for defying government COVID-19 policies and spending nearly two months in pre-trial custody, is taking his case to the Supreme Court after the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld his mischief conviction.
On the 923rd day of their remand custody, Justice David Labrenz is set to sentence the two Coutts protesters to over six years in jail (before reductions).
"Malicious Prosecution," said Marco Huigenbos , former town councillor of Fort Macleod, who himself is facing sentencing that could jail him for up to 10 years over mischief for his alleged role in organizing the anti-COVID mandate protest 2 years ago.
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