‘A lot of people had been coming up and shaking their hands and talking to them and thanking them for coming. They were very happy to be there and show their support’
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LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A COVID-era protest blockade at Coutts, Alta. _ now at the centre of a murder-conspiracy trial — was getting outside support, including from two members of the Edmonton Police Service, court heard Monday.
An undercover Mountie who infiltrated the blockade posing as a volunteer testified, “We made some small talk there with a lady. Her husband was an Edmonton police member and she was a nurse.