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Some truckers leave Ottawa city centre and calls to clear border blockades grow louder
Political patience with the protesters has run thin as calls grow for vehicles choking the flow of goods at border crossings to leave, including at Coutts, Alta., Emerson, Man., and the busy Windsor-Detroit Ambassador Bridge.
Illicit toxic drugs killed more people in B.C. last year than all other causes combined
Illicit toxic drugs in British Columbia cause more deaths than all other natural causes combined, the province’s chief coroner said Wednesday as she called for an end to old prevention measures that have been "an abject and very costly failure."
Nova Scotia bird flu outbreak prompts some poultry trade restrictions
Canada's food safety watchdog says the discovery of avian influenza in a commercial poultry flock in Nova Scotia has resulted in international trade restrictions on some Canadian poultry products.
Ontario and most other provinces stick with gradual approach to COVID reopening
Many provinces indicated on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, they would not rush to follow the lead of Alberta and Saskatchewan by quickly dropping COVID-19 vaccination passports and indoor mask requirements.
Lawyers claim police misconduct at Fairy Creek protest
Lawyers for several people arrested for breaching an injunction during protests over old-growth logging in British Columbia argued Wednesday that the charges against their clients and others should be stayed due to "systemic police misconduct."
NDP calls on U.S. to account for American funding of Ottawa trucker protest
A significant amount of the more than $10 million in donations to the demonstration came from U.S. donors.
Ottawa police fear for safety of kids in trucker convoy anti-vax-mandate protest
Ottawa police say 23 people have been arrested in the ongoing anti-vaccine mandate protest in the city's downtown, and there are 85 ongoing criminal investigations related to the nearly two-week-long demonstration.
Supreme Court of Canada innovated during the pandemic and chief justice hopes to carry on
"I think that the excellence of our justice system, whether it be criminal or civil, will depend on more use of the technology," said Chief Justice Richard Wagner, specifically citing technology that permits the virtual hearings
Protests won't see us through the pandemic, Prime Minister Trudeau says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the ongoing anti-vaccine mandate protest in Ottawa is "trying to blockade our economy, our democracy and our fellow citizens' daily lives."
Many Canadians believe Ottawa protests a 'selfish display' – 30 percent disagree, 44 percent 'sympathize'
Almost two-thirds of Canadians oppose the Ottawa protest against COVID-19 measures, with more than four in 10 saying they strongly consider the demonstration a selfish display, a new poll suggests.