Canada's COVID-19 protests threaten border trade with US Canadian lawmakers are expressing increasing worry about the economic effects of disruptive COVID-19 demonstrations The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022
Canada takes top seed after 4-2 win over U.S. in Olympic women’s hockey Canada scored three times over a span of 5 minutes, 25 seconds to secure the win over the defending champion United States. Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 8, 2022
Arrests made as key U.S.-Canada border crossings blocked by vaccine mandate protesters The Ambassador Bridge is one of the busiest links between Canada and the United States. Axios · Feb 8, 2022
Erin O'Toole's ouster shows the impact of leadership selection rules Erin O'Toole is the second person to lead the Conservative Party of Canada since Stephen Harper stepped down in 2015. Why is it significant that the Conservative caucus ousted him? The Conversation · Feb 8, 2022
Tucker backs Canadian trucker protest As truckers block border crossing, Fox News star calls it "a peaceful, political protest. It's not al-Qaida" Salon · Feb 8, 2022
Disney Teams With Air Canada For 'Turning Red' Marketing Promotion Air Canada (OTC: ACDVF) has teamed with the Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) on the promotion of the Pixar animated feature “Turning Red,” with the film’s giant animated panda featured on th Benzinga · Feb 8, 2022
‘It has to stop’: Trudeau demands end to trucker protest saying ‘people waving swastikas’ don’t represent Canada Some angry at Trudeau labelling protestors as far-right fringe group The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022
US wins shot battle against Canada, but loses one that matters — goals BEIJING — If nothing else, the U.S. women's hockey team learned a valuable lesson from Tuesday's tough loss to rival Canada. Los Angeles Times · Feb 8, 2022
The whole world should be worried by the ‘siege of Ottawa’. This is about much more than a few anti-vaxx truckers How did this ‘grassroots’ rebellion paralyse the Canadian capital? With funding from the far right and a boost from Facebook misinformation, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2022
St Patrick's Day 2022: Full list of destinations for 33 Government ministers' trips Government ministers will visit countries like Canada, France and New Zealand - all at taxpayers' expense Irish Mirror · Feb 8, 2022
Doctors in Canada can now prescribe national park passes to patients Studies have shown that time spent in nature can lead to a range of health benefits The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022
Canada Beats U.S. in Likely Preview of Women’s Hockey Gold Medal Game The 4-2 victory was merely a meaningless preliminary tilt, but the sport’s fiercest rivalry did not disappoint. Sports Illustrated · Feb 8, 2022
Angry Canada truckers block busiest bridge with U.S.; Trudeau faces grilling Angry Canadian truckers were blocking the busiest crossing with the United States on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepared to face legislators later in the day to discuss the growing crisis. Reuters · Feb 8, 2022
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: Gu wins big as Canada rock US Freeski Big Air gold goes to US-born Chinese athlete as 4-2 victory means Canada win Group A The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2022
Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2022 Tyler Cowen: What happens in Ottawa may not stay in Ottawa The nationwide truckers’ protest in Canada, known as the “Freedom Convoy” and centered in Ottawa, reflects so many global trends that it’s hard to say what it means. But the movement may well end up as the most consequential story of the year.
Al Jazeera · Feb 8, 2022 Canada truckers protest: ‘It has to stop,’ PM Justin Trudeau says Protesters have brought Ottawa to a standstill for more than a week, with local authorities calling for federal support.
The Guardian - US · Feb 8, 2022 5G and QAnon: how conspiracy theorists steered Canada’s anti-vaccine trucker protest Ottawa’s occupation was a result of unrivaled coordination between anti-vax and anti-government organizations
Dynamite News · Feb 8, 2022 Truckers protest: Canadian airlines cancel flights, call for end of travel-restrictions Canada's two main airlines have demanded that Ottawa reverse COVID-19 travel restrictions amid the ongoing protests against the vaccine mandates that has overwhelmed the nation's capital.
Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2022 Canada trucker protest silenced with 10-day injunction to stop honking horns Freedom Convoy started out as a movement opposing Canada’s vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers but now it has snowballed into a challenge of wider Covid curbs
Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2022 Trudeau Says Canada Trucker Protest 'Has to Stop' Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demanded an end Monday to a protest by hundreds of truckers against Covid-19 restrictions that has paralyzed the capital, as Ottawa's mayor called on federal authorities for support. "It has to stop," Trudeau said during an emergency debate in the House of Commons on his…
Dublin Live · Feb 8, 2022 Dublin man stranded in Canada hopes to return home for second round of cancer treatment He currently can't get home to Ireland because of the high risks involved with flying
The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022 Canadian truckers block off Michigan border bridge as protest against vaccine mandates hits day 11 The Ambassador Bridge that links Canada with the US was blocked by the truckers
The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022 Covid live: Italy and Spain to ease mask mandate; UK records 66,183 new cases – as it happened Italy and Spain relax rules on wearing masks in outdoor spaces; UK records 314 Covid-related deaths
Reuters · Feb 8, 2022 New Zealand protesters block streets outside parliament Hundreds of people protesting vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions blocked streets outside New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday with trucks and campervans, inspired by similar demonstrations in Canada.
Benzinga · Feb 8, 2022 One Of The Big 4 Accounting Firms Just Added Bitcoin And This Cryptocurrency To Its Corporate Balance Sheet In Canada One of the big four accounting firms, KPMG, says it has added two large cryptocurrencies to its corporate treasury in Canada.