Protest snapshots – photo essay

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Published: February 10, 2022

Quin, left, and Liam Connelly, Cole Schweb, Justyn Connelly and Reid Mosby stand on top of hay bales Feb. 6 at the Milk River, Alta., site of the Coutts border protest against pandemic health restrictions. | Alex McCuaig photo

WP reporter Alex McCuaig went to the blockade at Milk River/Coutts, Alberta, recently to capture these images.

Jordan and bison rancher Jon Taylor along with Cory Gerrish at their camp at the Milk River site of the Coutts protest against pandemic restrictions where more than 100 people had been served up elk on a bun on Sunday.
Eva Schmitt sits with her son, Oliver, 7, near on of several fire pit sites set up at the Milk River site of the Coutts protest.
Supporters mingled, ate and danced Feb. 6 at the Milk River site while protesting for the end of pandemic restrictions. | Alex McCuaig photo

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