An Alberta judge has sentenced two men who led the 2022 blockade at Coutts, Alta. Marco Van Huigenbos received four months in jail while George Janzen got 90 days to be served in the community and 100 hours of community service. (Jan. 10, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
An Alberta judge has sentenced two men who led the 2022 blockade at Coutts, Alta. Marco Van Huigenbos received four months in jail while George Janzen got 90 days to be served in the community and 100 hours of community service. (Jan. 10, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
By Bill Graveland The Canadian Press
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – One Alberta man has been sentenced to jail and another ordered to serve community time for their roles in the illegal Coutts border blockade in 2022.
Marco Van Huigenbos was sentenced to four months in jail Friday and Gerhard (George) Janzen received a three-month sentence, which is to be served in the community. Janzen was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service by the end of his sentence.
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