World Feb 21 Truck blockade leaves Canada’s capital, but Trudeau says emergency powers still needed By Rob Gillies, Associated Press
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. By Rob Gillies, Wilson Ring, Associated Press
World Feb 17 How American right-wing funding for Canadian trucker protests could sway U.S. politics The Canadians who have disrupted trade with the U.S. and occupied downtown Ottawa for nearly three weeks have been cheered and funded by American right-wing activists and conservative politicians who also oppose vaccine mandates and the country’s liberal leader. By Richard Lardner, Michelle R. Smith, Ali Swenson, Associated Press
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. By Rob Gillies, Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press
Politics Feb 18 Watch As Obama Departs for First Official Trip Abroad, Canada Mired in Economic Woes President Barack Obama makes his first foreign trip to Canada on Thursday. NewsHour correspondent Tom Bearden reports on what items top Canadians' agenda, including trade and the economy.
Jan 28 Canada Threatens Troop Pullout from Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Canada will pull its 2,500 troops out of Afghanistan in early 2009 unless NATO adds soldiers in the dangerous southern region, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday, signaling Ottawa has lost patience with what it sees as allies' foot-dragging. Continue reading