Several mini-convoys rolled through communities in British Columbia on Jan. 28 as events were held in Canada, including in Ottawa, to mark the one-year anniversary of the trucker convoy protests against COVID-19 mandates.
Sarah Bankert was one of the primary organizers of a convoy in the B.C. Interior, beginning in Kelowna and driving approximately 125 kilometres west to Merritt before ending in Kamloops 90 kilometres north.
“I’m one of the road captains and I’ve organized convoys in Kelowna since 2021,” Bankert told The Epoch Times. “I just started throwing them together and they just started getting bigger.”
A convoy of vehicles in West Kelowna, B.C., on Jan. 28, 2023, to mark the one-year anniversary of trucker convoy protests against COVID-19 mandates. (Courtesy Bruce Orydzuk)
A convoy of vehicles outside Merritt, B.C., on Jan. 28, 2023, to mark the one-year anniversary of trucker convoy protests against COVID-19 mandates. (Courtesy Bruce Orydzuk)
A convoy of vehicles outside Kamloops, B.C., on Jan. 28, 2023, to mark the one-year anniversary of trucker convoy protests against COVID-19 mandates. (Courtesy Bruce Orydzuk)
Bankert said a colleague suggested putting together an anniversary convoy, so she and her team organized it, recruiting more than 60 vehicles and 100 people when they left West Kelowna, and had more join them along the way….