FOG BLOG MARITIMES LOG: PROTESTS AGAINST VACCINE MANDATES HIT FREDERICTON AND MONCTON!

UPDATE: Protestors March Through Moncton, Block Off One Lane At N.S. Border...A rally in Moncton opposing vaccine mandates and lockdowns closed off the downtown core for just over an hour on Sunday.

At least 1,000 people gathered in a parking lot across from the Moncton Law Courts, holding flags and signs that contained anti-government or anti-vaccine mandate messages.

A tweet released by the New Brunswick RCMP at 12:18 p.m. notified the public that “Due to a peaceful protest, Main St from Foundry to Assomption and Assomption from Foundry to Main St is closed.”

The crowd – some on foot, others in cars or semi-trailer trucks – made its way into the downtown, rolling past Moncton City Hall with horns blaring and chants calling for “freedom.”...According to Environment Canada, the temperature dipped to minus 9 with the wind chill.

At 1:39 p.m., RCMP announced Main Street had reopened, and just over a half-hour later, Assomption reopened.

New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border

Following the Moncton rally, truckers and other demonstrators travelled to Aulac and the border between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.......A line of vehicles draped in Canada flags and homemade signs stretched down more than a kilometre of one lane of the Trans-Canada Highway, allowing other motorists to pass through.

Ahead of this demonstration, RCMP warned the public to “be prepared for possible delays” due to the potential for the entire highway to be blocked off.

In the same Twitter post, they noted members would be in the area to “promote public safety.”

“Our role is focused on maintaining order and keeping the peace, and our response will be assessed and adjusted as the situation dictates. Public safety is our top priority.”

The RCMP has not confirmed whether Sunday’s demonstrations resulted in arrests or fines.