Pawlowski found guilty on two border blockade charges

Naveen Day
May 3, 2023
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A judge has found Calgary street preacher Artur Pawlowski guilty of mischief for his role in protests against COVID-19 mandates near the Coutts border last year. Justice Gordon Krinke also found Pawlowski guilty of breaching a release order. He also faces a third charge under the Alberta Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (CIDA) of willfully damaging or destroying essential infrastructure. Although Krinke found that Pawlowski “counselled other persons to interfere with the use of Highway 4 which rendered it useless,” he reserved his ruling on the charge until a defence constitutional challenge of CIDA has been heard. The case is scheduled to return to court on May 24.

For his part, Pawlowski says although he’s been found guilty on two charges, that will not silence him.

Naveen Day

Naveen's career in broadcast and production spans close to 30 years. Prior to his move to Alberta, he was Senior Producer for two factual entertainment shows for Shaw and BellMTS, which were produced in his hometown of Winnipeg. He also served as a Producer and Production Supervisor at one of Canada's largest and fastest growing churches, and helped lead a production team of 75 volunteers. Naveen came on board with the team at Bridge City News in 2018 and performs on both sides of the camera lens as Producer, Editor, Production Coordinator, Back-up Anchor, Interview Host, and Video Journalist. In February 2022, Naveen went to Ottawa to provide daily, boots-on-the-ground coverage of the Freedom Convoy - an experience he describes as a monumental moment in Canadian history. Naveen is a two-time Communicator Awards recipient. In 2023, he won the Excellence Award for a piece he did on Alberta's Disability workers, and in 2024, he won again for a story titled, "New Smile, New Life".