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At least 21 vehicles towed as police start breaking up protest camp that has paralysed Canada’s capital for several weeks

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Police in Ottawa arrested 70 people and towed away vehicles as they worked to clear the streets and end a protest that has paralyzed Canada’s capital city for three weeks.

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OTTAWA — A group involved in the anti-government protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa is asking a court to put the brakes on federal use of the Emergencies Act to clamp down on demonstrators.

The occupation of Canada’s capital by the so-called “freedom convoy” is over after more than three weeks. A massive police presence on Saturday cleared the streets in front of the Parliament buildings that had been blocked by dozens of trucks. More than 170 people who have protested against anti-vaccine mandates…

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Hugs under the falling snow, dancing in the street, people warming themselves around fires. That's what the last few hours of a truckers' protest outside Parliament looked like in the Canadian capital.