BREAKING: Convoy protesters told to retreat to Arnprior
Disrespectful customers not welcome: Antrim Truck Stop owner

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By
Derek DunnReporter
Fri., Feb. 18, 2022
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Moments before today's
reported arrest of a "Freedom Convoy" leader, he said protesters are to gather on the same Arnprior spot where they met before demonstrations began on Parliament Hill three weeks ago.
Pat King told Facebook video followers to “retreat and regroup” in Arnprior, on airport land across from Antrim Truck Stop. He repeatedly conflated the two locations during his speech, made earlier this afternoon.
“It is crazy right now. There is a contingency plan in place … to get to the Antrim Truck Stop. The airport is being plowed. The overflow field is available for us,” King said. “We are not retreating. We are regrouping. It’s the police bringing the violence, not us. They are attacking our truckers; they are smashing our windows. This is the police doing this, not us.”
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He said his intention was to conduct a peaceful protest. But King claimed that police actions today put women and children at risk of having their ears bleed due to noise devices. He also encouraged supporters to keep going to Parliament Hill, although that would be illegal because the federal government has invoked the Emergencies Act.
“The protest is not over. Get out there on foot,” King said. “Flood the freakin’ streets."
King said fuel and shower units are available at Antrim and tonight can be a “giant party” for the group.
“You are to pull into the Antrim Truck Stop and await orders,” King said. “They (police) want us to look like radical insurrectionists.”
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The land King said is being cleared is owned by the Arnprior Airport Commission, which has two members of town council on its board — including the chair. According to town CAO Robin Paquette, the board is not meeting or clearing any snow for vehicles.