The charges against Christopher Lysak and three others in Alberta are the most serious to stem from countrywide protests over COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
A judge in southern Alberta has denied bail for the first of four men charged with conspiring to murder police officers at the Coutts border blockade last month.
Alberta to challenge use of Emergencies Act after asking for federal help to deal with Coutts protest However, the movement morphed into a catch-all of COVID-19 grievances and was sprinkled with conspiracy theories and anti-government rhetoric. The Coutts border blockade started Jan. 29, as an offshoot of the convoy of trucks that took over downtown Ottawa.
In Coutts, protesters parked semis, farm equipment and passenger vehicles on Highway 4, blocking traffic about one kilometre away from the border crossing. The protesters in Alberta used the Smugglers Saloon, a roadside tavern adjacent to the southbound lanes, as their home base.
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