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Anti-vaccine mandate protests have paralysed downtown Ottawa for almost two weeks

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Canadian ministers have hit back at ‘foreign interference’

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas attorney general’s office is investigating GoFundMe after the site shut down a fundraiser for protesters fighting COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Canada.

The Canadian truckers blockade is posing a risk to the auto industry's supply chain and U.S. officials were in close touch with their counterparts in Canada on the issue, the White House said on Wednesday.

While protest remains on bridge between car-manufacturing cities of Detroit and Windsor, businesses risk losing $50m a day

Canadian federal ministers labeled the protests and blockade at the vital Ambassador Bridge linking Canada and the United States as "unlawful" and "illegal," urging demonstrators to bring the blockade to an end.

Canada’s public safety minister cautioned against "potential foreign interference" as more U.S. lawmakers weighed in.

Horn-blaring demonstrations demanding an end to Canadian COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers have caused gridlock in the capital Ottawa since late January. The protests are now spilling to key Canada-United States border crossings and disrupting trade.

DETROIT — Traffic from the U.S. to Canada via the Ambassador Bridge remained blocked Wednesday morning, more than 36 hours after the bridge was completely closed due to a protest by Canadian truck drivers.

A rapidly growing list of Canadian provinces moved to lift their COVID-19 restrictions as protesters decrying vaccine mandates and other precautions kept up the pressure with truck blockades in the capital and at key U.S. border crossings, including the economically vital bridge connecting the country with Detroit