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Canada's 'Freedom Convoy': Truckers stay put in Ottawa as crisis deepens

"Freedom Convoy" protests are still paralysing the Canadian capital Ottawa. The truckers are also blocking the busiest international crossing in North America. The Ambassador Bridge between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario carries a fourth of all trade between Canada and the US. Canadian lawmakers are becoming increasingly worried about the…

France 24

Ford Forced To Halt Some Production As Key US-Canada Crossing Blocked By Protesters

Ford Motor Co (NYSE: F) and Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE: TM) are halting some production as anti-COVID-19-mandate protesters blocked key U.S-Canada border crossings, Reuters

Benzinga

EE customers told to check accounts after glitch leaves woman with £25,000 bill

The EE payments glitch started last week - affecting customers abroad in America, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. In some cases, it resulted in people being sent statements amounting to thousands of pounds

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Paris bans Covid ‘freedom convoy’ descending on French capital as trucker protests flare around world

Anybody caught taking part in the convoy in the French capital risks two years in prison and fines equivalent to some £4,000

Evening Standard

Trudeau Slams Canada Trucker Protests, Police Threaten Arrests

Canadian police threatened Wednesday to arrest trucker-led protesters who have shut down central Ottawa and disrupted cross-border trade in anger at Covid health rules, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lambasted the movement as "unacceptable." With more people joining the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and the US city…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Paris police ban threatened blockades by virus protesters

Paris police are banning road blockades threatened by groups organizing online against COVID-19 restrictions

The Independent UK

New Zealand: Police arrest anti-lockdown convoy protesters outside parliament

The protest began on Tuesday after more than 1,000 people driving cars and trucks converged on parliament in a convoy inspired by protests in Canada and elsewhere

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Covid news: Spain drops mandatory use of face masks outdoors; UK reports another 66,638 daily cases – as it happened

Face coverings still required in indoor public spaces in Spain; UK records 66,638 daily infections and 206 Covid-linked deaths

The Guardian - AU

Missouri, Texas to probe GoFundMe over restrictions on Canada trucker donations

The attorneys general of Missouri and Texas said on Wednesday they will probe GoFundMe over the decision by the crowd funding service to take down a page for a fundraising campaign that supports protesting truck drivers in Canada who oppose mandated COVID-19 vaccines.

Reuters

Canada trucker protest – live: Automakers seek injunction to clear bridge as US warns of Super Bowl copycat

Ottawa protest now in fourteenth day as bridge blockade enters day four

The Independent UK

Ottawa 'freedom convoy' forces factory shutdowns as Trudeau condemns ‘unacceptable’ tactics

Ford and Toyota on Wednesday both said they were halting some production as anti-coronavirus mandate protesters blocked US-Canada border crossings that have prompted warnings from Washington and Ottawa of economic damage.

France 24

Supply chains hit and auto plants halt production as U.S.-Canada vaccine mandate protests rage

With long-haul trucks and smaller vehicles blocked in traffic, auto makers are grappling with a shortage in parts.

Axios

Clashes at New Zealand parliament as protests inspired by Canada's 'Freedom Convoy' continue for third day

Hundreds of demonstrators are entering their third day camped outside parliament in Wellington, where they are vowing to stay until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

ABC News

Winter Olympics day six – as it happened

Day six of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

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Benzinga

Who's Buying All That Weed? Headset Has The Details

Headset, the leading provider of data and analytics to the cannabis industry, recently released its data on cannabis consumer trends and demographics for 2021 within the US and Canada.

The Independent UK

White House says Ambassador Bridge blockade ‘poses risk to supply chains’

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

The Conversation

Restoring community dialogue and resilience: The next COVID-19 emergency

COVID-19 is not the first health crisis to affect Canada. Previous emergencies, like the Lac-Mégantic train tragedy in 2013, showed the importance of including the affected communities to promote better adherence to preventive measures and build resilient communities. Our research shows this is largely missing for COVID-19, with high costs…

The Independent UK

Texas AG investigating GoFundMe for shutting down Canadian truck protest fundraiser

Canadian ministers have hit back at ‘foreign interference’

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Texas AG investigates GoFundMe after it halts donations to anti-vax Canadian truckers

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.

Reuters

Canada trucker blockade poses risk to supply chain, auto industry -White House

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.

The Guardian - US

US-Canada bridge blockade risks huge economic damage, governments warn

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

Reuters

Canadian govt ministers label bridge blockade from COVID protests as 'illegal'

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.

Axios

Republican lawmakers target GoFundMe over Canadian COVID mandate protests

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

Reuters

Explainer-How Ottawa's anti-vaccine mandate protests are spreading globally

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.

Tribune News Service

Michigan's Ambassador Bridge remains closed into Canada

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.

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