Various groups across the country are organizing the formation of a human “Freedom Chain” stretching from coast to coast beginning March 5 to protest the federal COVID-19 mandates. The plan is for the Freedom Chain to reach across the entirety of the country along the Trans-Canada Highway, which spans 7,476 km, beginning in Victoria, British Columbia, and extending to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Dozens of private and public Facebook groups as well as several event notices have been created for local coordination. “The chain is intended to promote and highlight Canadian unity and love during these turbulent times by calling for a hand-to-hand human chain from British Columbia to Newfoundland,” said a Freedom Chain group for southern Ontario. According to a photo shared on Twitter, the Ontario Freedom Chain will kick off in at 1 p.m. EST on Saturday. This latest push to end mandates comes after the federal government …