Countdown to the Freedom Convoy

A month of headlines prove pandemic measures had NOT disappeared before the trucks started rolling in late January 2022.

This image corresponds to item #18 on the list below. Imagine being 5 days away from the end of vaccine passports only to be told that they’re being extended for another five months. One wonders whether suicides spiked in British Columbia around the end of January 2022.

1. January 2, 2022 — Dozens Face $4,700 Fines After COVID Curfew Protests in Montreal (Newsweek)

2. January 2 — Quebec begins retail store closures amid new COVID-19 wave (Associated Press)

3. January 3 — Ontario moves school online, closes indoor dining and gyms as part of sweeping new COVID-19 measures (CBC)

4. January 4 — Visitors restricted at all Nova Scotia hospitals as COVID-19 cases climb (CBC)

5. January 5 — Trudeau says Canadians are 'angry' and 'frustrated' with the unvaccinated (CBC)

6. January 5 — Nova Scotia schools move to online learning until Jan. 17 (CBC)

7. January 6 — Manitoba First Nations leaders consider more lockdowns as COVID-19 case numbers rise (CBC)

8. January 6 — Quebec expands vaccine passports to liquor, cannabis stores, with 3rd dose requirement on the way (CBC)

9. January 7 — Mandatory vaccinations coming to Canada, says health minister (Ottawa Citizen)

10. January 11 — Quebec to impose tax on those who refuse COVID-19 vaccinations (Globe and Mail)

11. January 12 — Alberta unions call for circuit-breaker COVID-19 lockdown but Premier Jason Kenney says no (CBC)

12. January 13 — [New Brunswick] imposing 16-day lockdown, top doctor says ‘matter of life and death’ (Global News)

13. January 14 — Stronger public health measures needed to address rapid spread of COVID-19 (Yukon.ca)

14. January 18 — P.E.I. closes dining rooms, gyms among other new COVID-19 restrictions (CBC)

15. January 19 — More than one in four Canadians support jail time for the unvaccinated, poll finds (National Post)

16. January 24 — Quebec bans unvaccinated from buying groceries at Walmart, Costco (True North)

17. January 24 — COVID-19: N.B. education minister says ‘hopefully’ students will be back in class on Jan. 31 (Global News)

18. January 25 — B.C.'s vaccine card program extended to June 30: Proof of vaccine program was set to expire on Jan. 31 (CBC)

19. January 26 — Sask.'s chief medical health officer says restrictions are in place until the end of February (CBC)

20. January 27 — Covid passes and face mask rules end in England (BBC)