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Canadian PM defends crackdown, says emergency not over
Feb 22, 2022 02:04Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has defended his use of emergency powers to end weeks-long protests and argued that the measures need to remain in force for now.
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Protesters vow not to give up as Canada police claim end to unrest
Feb 21, 2022 11:01Canadian police claim to have retaken the capital Ottawa which has been hit along with other cities by weeks-long demonstrations and seen the Emergency Act imposed for the second time in the country's history.
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US truckers plan own ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests following Canada’s model
Feb 20, 2022 05:18US truckers are reportedly planning their “Freedom Convoy” protests against what they refer to as “unlawful [COVID-19] mandates” after similar protests in Canada drew international support from anti-vaccine activists.
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Canada begins crackdown on protests with arrest of over 100 people
Feb 19, 2022 12:21Canadian forces have begun an unprecedented operation to remove protesters and their trucks and cars in Ottawa, arresting more than 100 protesters and towing their vehicles.
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Ottawa police chief resigns under pressure to quell protests
Feb 16, 2022 10:12Ottawa's police chief has been forced to resign under intense pressure from authorities for not being tough enough in handling days of mass protests that have paralyzed the Canadian capital and prompted the government to invoke a state of emergency for the first time in half a century.
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Key US-Canada border bridge remains closed as Canadian police clear protesters
Feb 14, 2022 10:06Canadian police have cleared protesters and vehicles that had blocked a key border crossing with the United States in protest against the government's COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates.
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Canada’s Ontario declares state of emergency amid truckers’ vaccine protests
Feb 12, 2022 05:22The Canadian province of Ontario has declared a state of emergency as truck drivers continue their protests against the government’s COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates.
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Canada police threaten crackdown as protests spread to other countries
Feb 10, 2022 09:14Canadian police have threatened to start arresting truckers and other demonstrators who have shut down central Ottawa and disrupted cross-border trade for two weeks in protest against the government's COVID-19 measures, as similar protests have spread to other countries to demand an end to pandemic restrictions.
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Canada intensifies crackdown as protests spread
Feb 08, 2022 05:00Police in Canada's national capital have seized thousands of liters of fuel as part of a crackdown to end days long protest against the government's COVID-19 measures.
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Pro-Palestine Canadian activists protest Israel’s aggression
Jan 31, 2022 02:49Pro-Palestine Canadian activists and demonstrators have staged a protest against Israel’s decades-long aggression and atrocities against Palestinians, to which state-run media have chosen to turn a blind eye under the pretext of covering a rally against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.