Who are Ted & Sally?

The reason for the fake names.

The back of ‘Ted’s’ truck, parked for the night near Thunder Bay, Ontario. 26 January 2022. Screen capture from a video shot by ‘Sally’

Last month, I told you about a Saskatoon couple I called Ted and Sally. He’s been a trucker for 40 years, and she’s been a trucker’s wife for nearly as long. They joined the Freedom Convoy in late January 2022 and, from day one, she streamed Facebook Live videos from the cab of their truck.

These videos allowed friends and family to ride along, to witness in real time the incredible enthusiasm with which ordinary Canadians responded to the Convoy. Today, they are an important, permanent record of what took place.

Another shot of ‘Ted’s’ truck. Screen capture from a video shot by ‘Sally,’ 26 January 2022.

When I first located these videos on Facebook, Ted and Sally were out of the country. I didn’t know if there were backup copies, and was concerned the videos might disappear if I called attention to them. Facebook deletes entire accounts. YouTube deletes entire channels stretching back 16 years. When this happens, there’s no recourse. The content you’ve created - your intellectual property - vanishes. Poof. As if it never existed.

In the short term, therefore, I gave these good people pseudonyms. Since then, “Ted and Sally” have returned home. The videos have been downloaded and safely backed up. Tomorrow, therefore, is the big reveal. It will be my pleasure to tell you the real names of these two Freedom Convoy heroes.

Another view of ‘Ted’s’ truck. Screen capture of a video shot by ‘Sally,’ 26 January 2023.

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Below is the complete list of my posts that have relied on Sally’s videos:

• Intro 1: 2800 Miles of Driving

  Intro 2: Before Ottawa

  Part 1: Fireworks & Applause

  Part 2: Food by the Boxful

  Part 3: Hutterite Country

  Part 4: Wondrous Winnipeg

  Part 5: Wildest Ride Ever

  Part 6: Onward to Ontario

  Part 7: Awake in the Parking Lot

  Part 8: Pulling the World Together

  Part 9: Kenora to Dryden

  Part 10: Generosity Beyond Measure in Thunder Bay

  Part 11: Truck Convoy in Progress

  Part 12: Fork in the Road

  Part 13: Trucker Courtesy & Solidarity

  Part 14: Give That Man a Hug

  Part 15: The Whirlwind Gathers

  Part 16: Rolling Through Northern Ontario

  Part 17: The Night Before Ottawa

  Part 18: Making an Entrance

  Part 19: 10 PM in the Nation’s Capital

  Part 20: The Parkway Shuffle