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VIDEO: Crowd of supporters greets anti-vaccine-mandate truck convoy as it leaves Vancouver for Ottawa

Protest against policy requiring truckers who cross the border to be vaccinated or face quarantine

Several hundred demonstrators lined the highway and the 264th St. overpass in Aldergrove Sunday morning, Jan, 23, to show support for a convoy of truckers protesting a vaccine mandate.

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As the truck passed by, some chanted B次元官网网址渇reedom.B次元官网网址

Frank from Maple Ridge was among several hundred demonstrators who lined Hwy. 1 and the 264th St. overpass in Aldergrove Sunday morning, Jan, 23, to show support for a convoy of truckers protesting a vaccine mandate. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)
Frank from Maple Ridge was among several hundred demonstrators who lined Hwy. 1 and the 264th St. overpass in Aldergrove Sunday morning, Jan, 23, to show support for a convoy of truckers protesting a vaccine mandate. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)

One of the demonstrators, Frank from Maple Ridge (who declined to give his last name), said he was there B次元官网网址渏ust to make a stand for freedom of choice.B次元官网网址

Stephanie Rempel, from LangleyB次元官网网址檚 Brookswood neighbourhood, attended with her parents, Henry and Linda, who had signs that said B次元官网网址渇reedomB次元官网网址 and B次元官网网址渨e will not comply.B次元官网网址

Stephanie told the Langley Advance Times she attended because she wants B次元官网网址渢o end these mandates, all this COVID crap. I want all this to stop.B次元官网网址

Henry agreed, saying B次元官网网址渋tB次元官网网址檚 just insane.B次元官网网址

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Abbotsford resident Nick Shelton, who described himself as B次元官网网址渧ax-freeB次元官网网址 and attended with his daughter Dakota, said the issue for him was one of personal choice.

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All truckers who cross the border from Canada into the U.S. must be vaccinated to avoid a 14-day quarantine under a new policy passed Jan. 15.

Up to 26,000 of the 160,000 drivers who make regular trips across the Canada-U.S. border would likely be sidelined as a result of the vaccine mandate in both countries, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance and the American Trucking Associations.

Some of those truckers have organized a B次元官网网址淔reedom ConvoyB次元官网网址 that left from Vancouver for Ottawa on Sunday. Another convoy is set to leave from Enfield, Nova Scotia on Jan. 27.

Organizers have called for truckers from across Canada to join.

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More photos from the 264th St. demonstration can be viewed online at the .


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