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Ottawa mayor negotiates to get protesting truckers and their rigs off residential streets
Ottawa's mayor has set a deadline of noon today for truckers encamped in the capital's core to move out of residential streets in a bid to pare down the size of the protest's footprint.
With protesters cleared by police, Ambassador Bridge reopens
One of the nation's busiest border crossings reopened late on Sunday, February 13, 2022, following a days-long protest against COVID-19 measures some characterized as an "illegal occupation" at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge.
As border blockades paralyze economy, Tories flip-flop and join other parties calling for protests to end
A sense of anxious anticipation is building amid intensifying demands for an end to the protests paralyzing downtown Ottawa as well as border crossings near Coutts, Alta., Emerson, Man., and the busy Windsor-Detroit Ambassador Bridge.
Superior Court to hear Windsor's argument for border protest injunction
The Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association applied for the injunction, and the City of Windsor was granted intervenor status.
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.