The Latest Breaking News from Canada

Ontario judge orders Ambassador Bridge protesters to stop blockade

WINDSOR, Canada — An Ontario judge granted an injunction Friday against protesters who have been blocking the Ambassador Bridge for five days, ordering them to clear the road and potentially opening a path to ending the international standoff.

Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2022

Coronavirus updates | February 12, 2022

Canada to make changes to COVID border restrictions next week, says official

The Hindu · Feb 12, 2022

Winter Olympics LIVE: Team USA beat Canada in men’s ice hockey as Team GB eye another skeleton gold

Six gold medals up for grabs on day eight of the 2022 Winter Olympics

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2022

Ontario court grants injunction to end U.S.-Canada border blockade

An Ontario judge on Friday granted an injunction to end the blockade of North America's busiest international land border by protesters opposed to coronavirus restrictions.

Reuters · Feb 11, 2022

The occupation of Ottawa by the 'freedom convoy' has the potential for an urban siege

Ontario’s declaration of a state of emergency in response to the so-called “freedom convoy” and its occupation of public space in Toronto and Ottawa and at the U.S.-Canada border in Windsor is intended to end the disruptions caused by protestors.

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2022

Ontario officials to fine, jail blockade protesters as automakers cut production

To end a blockade now in its fifth day, authorities in Canada plan to enact temporary orders that will fine protestors blocking the Ambassador Bridge up to $100,000 and sentence them to up to a year in jail.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

Ontario judge grants injunction against Ambassador Bridge protesters

An Ontario judge granted an injunction Friday against protesters who have been blocking the Ambassador Bridge for five days, potentially opening a path to ending the international standoff.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

Analysis-Truckers at Ambassador Bridge in perfect spot to threaten U.S.- Canada trade

Canada's trucker protesters could not have picked a better spot to disrupt the export-driven country's economy, or the North American auto industry, than the four-lane Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, trade experts say.

Reuters · Feb 11, 2022

‘It’s time to go home’: Justin Trudeau tells truck protesters

Ontario court orders protesters to end blockade of intl bridge as province declares state of emergency.

Al Jazeera · Feb 11, 2022

More tales of abuse from Britain’s shameful history of internment

Letters: Readers react to Simon Parkin’s long read about the UK’s internment of ‘enemy aliens’ during the second world war, and letters that followed it

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2022