Tensions boiled over at protests against vaccine mandates in two Canadian cities Saturday as a smoke bomb was deployed in Toronto and four men were injured in a hit-and-run incident in Winnipeg.
Toronto police arrested a 22-year-old man on the North side of Queen’s Park after he set off a smoke bomb, officials said in a Twitter post. In Winnipeg, police arrested a 42-year-old man who drove through a group of protesters downtown. Three men suffered minor injuries and a fourth was treated in a hospital and released.
The incidents come as protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions expanded across Canada this weekend, snarling traffic in places from Vancouver to Quebec City. Hundreds of truckers and other protesters have been occupying the nation’s capital for a week in opposition to vaccine mandates, and pent-up frustration has resulted in ballooning support in cities across the country.
