World Feb 19 Canada police clear Parliament street in bid to end siege Police aggressively pushed back protesters in Canada’s besieged capital on Saturday, seizing control of trucks and clearing the streets in front of Parliament, the heart of the protests. Scores of trucks left under the increasing pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for…
World Feb 18 Canadian police start arresting protesters in Ottawa Some protesters surrendered and were taken into custody, police said. Some were led away in handcuffs. One person being taken away carried a sign that read “Mandate Freedom.”…
World Feb 17 Trudeau says protests must end, truckers brace for crackdown Hundreds of truckers clogging the streets of Canada's capital city in a protest against COVID-19 restrictions are bracing for what could be a possible police crackdown.
World Feb 16 Truckers end U.S. border blockade, protest in Ottawa goes on Police in Canada's capital are telling protesting truckers who have paralyzed the city for more than two weeks that it's time to leave.
World Feb 15 Ottawa police chief resigns as trucker protests paralyze Canada’s capital A Canadian official says the police chief in Ottawa has resigned amid criticism of inaction against COVID-19 protests that have paralyzed Canada’s capital.
World Feb 14 Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell COVID restriction protests Trudeau invoked emergency powers Monday to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada's COVID-19 restrictions, outlining plans not only to tow away their rigs but to strike at their bank accounts and their livelihoods.
Nation Feb 14 Busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing re-opens but protests continue in Ottawa The busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing is open after protesters demonstrating against COVID-19 measures blocked it for nearly a week, but a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa, persists as city residents seethed over authorities' inability to reclaim the streets.
Nation Feb 11 Canadian judge orders an end to 5-day blockade at border bridge protest A Canadian judge has ordered protesters at the Ambassador Bridge over the U.S-Canadian border to end the 5-day-old blockade that has disrupted the flow of goods between the two countries and forced the auto industry on both sides to roll…
World Feb 11 U.S. urges Canada to use federal powers to end bridge blockade The Biden administration urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government Thursday to use its federal powers to end the truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country's COVID-19 restrictions, as the bumper-to-bumper demonstration forced auto plants on both sides of the border…
World Feb 08 COVID restriction protests threaten border trade between Canada, U.S. Speaking in an emergency debate late Monday in Parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the protesters are trying to blockade the Canadian economy and democracy.