'Our last stand': Murder-conspiracy trial sees phone texts from Coutts blockade

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A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in February of this year.

The texts were gathered in 2022 from phones seized during arrests that ended the two-week protest at the Canada-U.S. border crossing.A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators blocks the highway at the U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., in February 2022. A picture of rage and determination among COVID-19 protesters at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., was spelled out in text messages shown Thursday at a murder-conspiracy trial.

The protest mirrored others across the nation against pandemic rules and vaccine mandates viewed by some as unnecessary and unfair. In a trailer, police discovered assault-style rifles, a shotgun, a pistol, ammunition and body armour. There was also a firearms licence in Carbert's name.

 

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