Who are Ted & Sally? The reason for the fake names

by Donna Laframboise

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.

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.

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

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

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Donna Laframboise writes a daily blog at  ThankYouTruckers.substack.com. It is a first draft of her upcoming book that focuses on interviews with Freedom Convoy truckers. She is a former National Post and Toronto Star columnist, and a former Vice President of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.