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Trudeau: Canada Blockades Lifted, But 'Emergency is Not Over'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday defended his use of emergency powers to end weeks-long trucker-led protests and argued that lingering threats require the measures to remain in force for now. Trudeau's decision earlier this month to invoke the Emergencies Act -- for only the second time in Canada's…

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UK reports 205 new coronavirus-related deaths and 41,130 cases; Ireland to drop most curbs – as it happened

Ireland will drop most restrictions, including mandatory face masks, on Monday

The Guardian - UK

Trudeau maintains state of emergency, says threats remain

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government will retain emergency powers for at least a few more days because of ongoing threats, even after police cleared all blockades across the country.

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Blockades over, but Trudeau says emergency powers needed

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says emergency powers are still needed despite the progress police have made in stamping out paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions

The Independent UK

Trudeau defends use of emergency powers to end Ottawa occupation

Canadian prime minister says Emergencies Act ‘necessary’ to disperse anti-government protesters who occupied capital.

Al Jazeera

Canada's parliament approves Trudeau's emergency powers

Canada's parliament on Monday backed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end pandemic-related protests that have blocked streets in the capital Ottawa for more than three weeks.

Reuters

Anti-vax protest or insurrection? Making sense of the 'freedom convoy' protest

The so-called “freedom convoy” protests over the last month saw an unprecedented reaction by all levels of government and ultimately led to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoking the Emergencies Act. The act shut off funding to protesters, conscripted private tow trucks to haul away rigs (tilting the balance of resources)…

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Police Reclaim Canada Capital after Trucker Siege Ends

The last big rigs were towed Sunday out of Canada's capital, where the streets were quiet for the first time in almost a month after a massive police operation ended a drawn-out siege by protesters opposing Covid health rules. A major clean-up was underway in Ottawa's snowy downtown, where police…

Asharq Al-Awsat

As New Zealand police face criticism over parliament protests, Canada could provide lessons

Ottawa police have abandoned their policy of de-escalation against anti-Covid mandate demonstrators

The Guardian - AU

Canada truckers say protest is start of bigger movement: ‘I don’t believe this is the end’

After police began arresting truckers and taking leaders into custody, the streets of Ottawa are mostly quiet again

The Independent UK

Igor Shesterkin makes 29 saves as Rangers edge Senators

The Rangers’ 50th game of the season was played in front of a COVID-restricted 50% capacity crowd at Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday night.

Newsday

Police reclaim Canada capital after trucker siege ends

Ottawa (AFP) - The last big rigs were being towed Sunday out of Canada's capital, where the streets were quiet for the first time in three weeks after a massive police operation ended a drawn-out siege over Covid health rules.

AFP

Ottawa protests: conspiracy theories and accusations of betrayal as police end blockade

Large parts of area in capital cleared after more than 191 are arrested and 57 vehicles are towed

The Guardian - US

Show of Force in Ottawa as Police Clear Main Protest Hub

Police in riot gear cleared the main protest hub in downtown Ottawa Saturday, using batons and pepper spray and making dozens of arrests, as they worked to flush out a hard core of demonstrators occupying the Canadian capital. In a day-long show of force, hundreds of officers pushed into the…

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Canada's capital secured and cleaned up after weeks-long protest

Canadian police on Sunday secured the downtown core of the capital with fencing as city workers cleaned up trash and snow plows cleared streets after two days of tense standoffs and 191 arrests ended a three-week occupation of Ottawa.

The Independent UK

Canada's protests settle down, but could echo in politics

Canada's trucker protest, which grew until it closed a handful of Canada-U.S. border posts and shut down key parts of the capital city for weeks, could echo for years in Canadian politics and perhaps south of the border

AFP

Show of force in Ottawa as police clear main protest hub

Ottawa (AFP) - Police in riot gear cleared the main protest hub in downtown Ottawa Saturday, using batons and pepper spray and making dozens of arrests, as they worked to flush out a hard core of demonstrators occupying the Canadian capital.

Reuters

Key events in Canada's trucker protests against COVID curbs

Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades in an attempt to restore normalcy in Ottawa, parts of which have been paralyzed by protesters opposing the government's pandemic restrictions.

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Show of force as Canada police close in on protesters

Ottawa (AFP) - Police in riot gear cleared the main protest hub in downtown Ottawa Saturday, using batons and pepper spray, smashing truck windows and arresting dozens of die-hard protesters as they moved to finally end a weeks-long siege of the Canadian capital.

Al Jazeera

Canada police use pepper spray, stun grenades to clear protesters

Officers say ‘assaultive and aggressive’ behaviour led them to use ‘chemical irritant’ to disperse demonstrators.

Tribune News Service

Canadian police step up push to clear protesters in Ottawa

Canadian police moved in to clear protest camps blocking the national parliament in Ottawa, threatening to escalate the use of force to end weeks of demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions.

The Independent UK

Ottawa police make forceful arrests of Canadian truck convoy protesters amid effort to regain control of city

At least 100 people have been arrested

AFP

Police close in to dislodge Canada capital protesters

Ottawa (AFP) - Police pushed into downtown Ottawa Saturday in a bid to dislodge several hundred dug-in protesters and big rigs that have choked the Canadian capital for weeks, after a night marked by clashes and more than 100 arrests.

The Independent UK

Canadian police resume pushing back COVID protesters

Police resumed pushing back protesters after arresting more than 100 and towing away vehicles in Canada’s besieged capital

The Canadian Press

The latest on protests against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa and beyond

The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, in Ottawa and various locations across Canada, on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. All times eastern:

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