Two anti-vaxxers charged for disturbances in Kelowna

Two anti-vaccine protesters in Kelowna have been charged related to two separate incidents over the last year.

One protester, Bruce Boyd Orydzuk, was filmed on a racist tirade toward Paladin Security guard Anmol Singh outside a Kelowna vaccine clinic on July 13, 2021 by iNFOnews.ca reporter Carli Berry.

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Orydzuk, born in 1961, is now facing just one charge of causing a disturbance, which was laid on April 7, according to court records.

Kelowna RCMP is expected to deliver an update on the investigation in a press conference today, April 13. Insp. Adam MacIntosh will also speak on a police investigation into a Kelowna Remembrance Day event that was derailed by another anti-vaccine protester.

Linda Denise Jackson has also been charged for disturbing the order or solemnity of a meeting.

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On Nov. 11, 2021, Kelowna RCMP began investigating after a woman took the microphone at Kelowna's City Park cenotaph to oppose COVID-19 restrictions.

The protester and backlash from the Remembrance Day crowd was recorded in a Global Okanagan video.

Jackson, born in 1965, was charged yesterday, April 12 according to court records.

Orydzuk is also facing another charge for uttering threats against a Global Okanagan reporter in August.

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