LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Lawyers for two men convicted of mischief at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., are scheduled to appear in court today as the case moves toward sentencing.
A jury on Aug. 2 also found Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert guilty of possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, and Olienick was convicted of possessing a pipe bomb. They were acquitted of the more serious charge of conspiring to murder police officers.
RCMP found a cache of weapons, ammunition and body armour near the blockade at the Canada-U.S. border crossing in 2022.
The blockade was one of several held across the country to protest COVID-19 rules and vaccine mandates. The trial heard statements and text messages from the men warning that the blockade was also a last stand against a tyrannical federal government. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug.
12, 2024. The Canadian Press.