Since she’s been in office, in early 2023, reports emerged that #PremierSmith allegedly contacted #Crownprosecutors or their offices regarding cases related to the #Couttsborderblockade, where armed protesters blocked a major #Alberta border crossing during the #COVID-19 vaccine mandate protests.

Crown seeks prison time for pair convicted of mischief at Coutts border blockade LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Two men who became the faces of a blockade at a key Alberta border crossing in 2022 need to do jail time to send a message that actions have consequences, a Crown prosecutor told c...

#cdncourts Crown seeks prison time for Marco Van Huigenbos and Gerhard (George) Janzen convicted of mischief at #Couttsborderblockade ca.news.yahoo.com/sentencing-h... via @Yahoo

Men convicted in Coutts border blockade want convictions overturned, Crown wants new trials The two men found guilty of mischief and firearms offences for their roles in the 2022 Coutts border blockade want the Alberta Court of Appeal to overturn their convictions, while prosecutors are seek...

4 appeals — 2 Crown and 2 defence — filed in the case of 2 men convicted in #Couttsborderblockade. The Crown listed 2 indicating the will argue the trial judge erred in excluding relevant and admissible evidence and that he erred in his instructions to the jury. ca.news.yahoo.com/men-convicte...