Olienick and Carbert were arrested in early 2022 after participating in a blockade to protest COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates at the busy Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts. The roadblock stymied traffic for two weeks. It ended peacefully and quickly after police made arrests and ...
Defence lawyers for the two had urged the judge to sentence the men to time already served. Two other protesters charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the blockade pleaded guilty earlier this year to lesser charges. Christopher Lysak was sentenced to three years for possessi...
“Marco was there to convey a message. He stumbled into a role where he was a spokesman. Marco gave the RCMP the news of the day." Lawyer Michael Johnston, representing Van Herk, said his client tried unsuccessfully on two occasions to convince the protesters to leave...