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Calgary preacher arrested in Alberta border blockade gets bail

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People gather to protest COVID-19 mandates and in support of other protesters in a truckers convoy in Edmonton on Tuesday, Feb. 22 2022. THECANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken

CALGARY — A Calgary pastor has been granted bail after his arrest more than six weeks ago for his involvement with protesters at a border blockade in southern Alberta.

Calgary Street Church minister Artur Pawlowski is charged with breaching an order to keep the peace and with committing mischief by inciting others to block use of public property.

The charges relate to his joining a rally at a roadblock on Highway 4 outside Milk River, Alta., and later giving a speech heard on video telling protesters to continue their fight against government mandates.

A judge denied Pawlowski release on Feb. 9, but Court of Queen's Bench Justice Gaylene Kendall granted him bail Friday after a review.

Pawlowski is required to pay $25,000 in bail as well as a $10,000 surety from his wife and an additional $2,000 from his son.

He is under 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew except to attend church services.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2022.

The Canadian Press

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