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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Bill Graveland
Publication Date: April 11, 2024 - 15:01

‘He was a messenger’: Defence disputes accused was leader at Alberta border blockade

April 11, 2024
A lawyer for one of three men on trial for their roles in the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., argued Thursday his client was nothing more than a messenger.Crown prosecutors have told jurors they intend to prove the trio spearheaded the protest that tied up traffic between at the Canada-United States border crossing for two weeks in early 2022 in protest of COVID-19 pandemic rules and restrictions.Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos and Gerhard Janzen have each pleaded not guilty to a charge of mischief over $5000.

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