– Chris Carbert, one of two men charged with conspiring to murder RCMP officers at a border blockade in Coutts, Alberta, two years ago, is returning to the witness stand for a third day.
– Carbert admitted to paying $5,000 for a Panther A-15 rifle that was found under his mattress during a police raid, claiming he had no idea it was prohibited under Canadian law.
– Carbert and Anthony Olienick are on trial together in front of a jury in Court of King’s Bench in Lethbridge.
– The two were charged after police arrested them and seized weapons during the blockade protest against COVID-19 rules and vaccine mandates that tied up traffic for two weeks at the Alberta-U.S. border crossing in Coutts.