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Trudeau wins parliament vote on ending anti-vax protests with emergency law
Feb 22, 2022 10:47Canada's parliament has approved Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's controversial decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end trucker-led anti-vaccine protests that have for weeks been held in the capital city Ottawa.
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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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Time to end Canadian taxpayer subsidies for Israeli regime apartheid
Feb 14, 2022 11:15Most Canadian taxpayers would be shocked to learn they are subsidizing a group raising funds for a university enmeshed in Israeli regime colonialism and militarism.
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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.