Igor Shesterkin makes 29 saves as Rangers edge Senators The Rangers’ 50th game of the season was played in front of a COVID-restricted 50% capacity crowd at Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on Sunday night. Newsday · Feb 21, 2022
Ottawa protests: conspiracy theories and accusations of betrayal as police end blockade Large parts of area in capital cleared after more than 191 are arrested and 57 vehicles are towed The Guardian - US · Feb 20, 2022
Show of Force in Ottawa as Police Clear Main Protest Hub Police in riot gear cleared the main protest hub in downtown Ottawa Saturday, using batons and pepper spray and making dozens of arrests, as they worked to flush out a hard core of demonstrators occupying the Canadian capital. In a day-long show of force, hundreds of officers pushed into the… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 20, 2022
Canada's capital secured and cleaned up after weeks-long protest Canadian police on Sunday secured the downtown core of the capital with fencing as city workers cleaned up trash and snow plows cleared streets after two days of tense standoffs and 191 arrests ended a three-week occupation of Ottawa. Reuters · Feb 20, 2022
Canada's protests settle down, but could echo in politics Canada's trucker protest, which grew until it closed a handful of Canada-U.S. border posts and shut down key parts of the capital city for weeks, could echo for years in Canadian politics and perhaps south of the border The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2022
Key events in Canada's trucker protests against COVID curbs Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades in an attempt to restore normalcy in Ottawa, parts of which have been paralyzed by protesters opposing the government's pandemic restrictions. Reuters · Feb 19, 2022
Canada police use pepper spray, stun grenades to clear protesters Officers say ‘assaultive and aggressive’ behaviour led them to use ‘chemical irritant’ to disperse demonstrators. Al Jazeera · Feb 19, 2022
Canadian police step up push to clear protesters in Ottawa Canadian police moved in to clear protest camps blocking the national parliament in Ottawa, threatening to escalate the use of force to end weeks of demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions. Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2022
Ottawa police make forceful arrests of Canadian truck convoy protesters amid effort to regain control of city At least 100 people have been arrested The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2022
Canadian police resume pushing back COVID protesters Police resumed pushing back protesters after arresting more than 100 and towing away vehicles in Canada’s besieged capital The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2022
Police clearing protesters from Canadian capital OTTAWA: Canadian police were working on Saturday restore normality to the country’s capital after trucks and demonstrators occupied the downtown core of Ottawa for more than three weeks to protest against pandemic restrictions. Bangkok Post · Feb 19, 2022
The ‘Freedom Convoy’ is ending, but issues ‘not going away’ Disinformation expert Carmen Celestini speaks to Al Jazeera about border blockades, occupation that paralysed Canada. Al Jazeera · Feb 19, 2022
Canadian police arrest dozens to sweep protesters from parliament area Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades, and made dozens of arrests as they cleared demonstrators from the street in front of parliament, where they have been camping for more than three weeks to protest against pandemic restrictions. Reuters · Feb 19, 2022
Canadian police arrest at least 100 protesters in bid to break up Ottawa truck blockade At least 21 vehicles towed as police start breaking up protest camp that has paralysed Canada’s capital for several weeks The Guardian - US · Feb 19, 2022
Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022 Police sweep through Ottawa in show of force against protest Police in Ottawa arrested 70 people and towed away vehicles as they worked to clear the streets and end a protest that has paralyzed Canada’s capital city for three weeks.
The Conversation · Feb 18, 2022 The end of the 'freedom convoy' in Ottawa: Why rejoicing when occupiers get arrested isn't the answer The occupation of Canada’s capital by the so-called “freedom convoy” is over after more than three weeks. A massive police presence on Saturday cleared the streets in front of the Parliament buildings that had been blocked by dozens of trucks. More than 170 people who have protested against anti-vaccine mandates…
ABC News · Feb 18, 2022 COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in one place — as it happened Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia.
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022 AP PHOTOS: Huddling around fires, dancing at Ottawa protest Hugs under the falling snow, dancing in the street, people warming themselves around fires. That's what the last few hours of a truckers' protest outside Parliament looked like in the Canadian capital.
Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022 Ottawa police arrest, charge two Canada protest organizers Police arrested and charged two of the most prominent organizers of the trucker protest that has gridlocked Canada’s capital city for three weeks.
Al Jazeera · Feb 18, 2022 Canada border blockades, protests ‘nothing to do with trucking’ Canadian truckers tell Al Jazeera protests against COVID-19 restrictions are taking attention away from real challenges.
The Conversation · Feb 18, 2022 Canada’s legal disinformation pandemic is exposed by the 'freedom convoy' The small minority of Canadian truckers protesting vaccine mandates have made international news, prompted the invocation of Canada’s Emergencies Act for the first time and spurred the resignation of Ottawa’s police chief.
Al Jazeera · Feb 18, 2022 Ottawa police arrest protesters to end Canadian trucker blockade At least 70 people arrested, interim police chief says, as officers clear weeks-long occupation of Canada’s capital.
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022 Canada trucker protest – live: Police use pepper spray and stun grenades in bid to clear Ottawa trucks Police action to arrest truckers begins on Day 22 of protest after leaders taken into custody on Thursday
The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022 Ottawa police begin arresting Canadian truckers for blocking traffic in protest Action comes after two of the protest’s leaders were arrested late on Thursday
Axios · Feb 18, 2022 Canadian police arrest over 100 people in trucker protests "Some protesters are surrendering and are being arrested," the Ottawa police said.