Man Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Murder at Coutts Border Blockade in Alberta Denied Bail

An RCMP helicopter flies over as a truck convoy demonstrating against COVID-19 mandates continues to block the highway at the U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alberta, on Feb. 2, 2022. Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press

A man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade in southern Alberta has been denied bail by a judge.

Chris Carbert, 45, appeared by video in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Lethbridge on May 27 to hear the decision after a bail hearing last week.