Coutts Border Blockade Protesters Serving Time for Mischief, Weapons Possession Denied Parole

Trial for Freedom Convoy Organizer Continues as Defence Argues for Stay of Proceedings

OTTAWA—The lawyer for Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber is continuing to argue in court for a stay of proceedings on the basis of an “officially induced error of law,” claiming that he was given erroneous legal advice on the legality of the trucker protest. Barber and Tamara Lich were already found guilty of mischief, while Barber was also found guilty of counselling others to disobey a court order, for their role in the 2022 trucker protest…

Coutts border blockade protesters serving time for mischief, weapons possession denied parole

Two men serving time behind bars for their roles in the Coutts, Alta., border blockade of 2022 have been denied both full parole and day parole.

Crown abandons appeals of conspiracy-to-murder acquittals related to Coutts border blockades

Prosecutors have abandoned their appeals in the cases of two men who were acquitted of conspiring to murder police officers amid the 2022 Coutts border blockade.