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Ottawa declares emergency as protests spin ‘out of control’

Canada’s capital city remained under a state of emergency Monday as police tried to rein in protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions.

Tribune News Service

Canadian police seize fuel, remove oil tanker; court silences protesters' horns

Police in Canada's capital said on Monday they had seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end an 11-day protest against COVID-19 measures, adding truck and protester numbers had fallen significantly.

Reuters

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Canadian mayor shuts down Ted Cruz as he encourages truckers to starve country

Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency as situation turns ‘completely out of control’

The Independent UK

Canadian capital declares state of emergency after anti-vax truckers paralyse city

The mayor of Canada’s capital Ottawa declared a state of emergency after truckers paralysed the city centre in a protest against Covid vaccine mandates.

Evening Standard

Covid briefing: Five things you need to know as cases and deaths continue dramatic plunge

Daily UK infections dropped 21.6% to 54,095 while lives lost to the virus fell 17.9% to 75 in a week

Wales Online

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Covid news: Anti-vax mob targets UK opposition leader; Sweden eases travel curbs – as it happened

Police rescue Keir Starmer from protesters; Sweden move comes as country plans to remove Omicron restrictions on Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Ottawa declares state of emergency amid ongoing 'freedom convoy' protests

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency in the city amid the ongoing protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the city administration said.

Dynamite News

Ottawa declares emergency after protests spin ‘out of control’

Canada’s capital city declared a state of emergency Sunday as police struggled to rein in protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions.

Tribune News Service

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DCGI grants emergency use permission to single-dose Sputnik Light COVID vaccine; Assam to withdraw all Covid-realted restrictions from Feb. 15

The Hindu

Ottawa declares state of emergency over pandemic restrictions protests

Declaration "reflects the serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents posed by" protests, mayor says.

Axios

Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency over 'out of control' truckers' protest

MONTREAL: The ongoing truckers' protest in the Canadian capital is "out of control," the Ottawa mayor said Sunday, announcing a state of emergency as the city center remained blocked by opponents of anti-Covid measures.

Bangkok Post

Trucker protests: Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency over ‘serious danger’ as demonstrations spread

Mayor Jim Watson issued the emergency declaration on Sunday as the huge protest entered its second week in the city

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Reuters

Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency to deal with trucking blockade

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson on Sunday declared a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented 10-day occupation by protesting truckers that has shut down much of the core of the Canadian capital.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Canada Protests against Covid Measures Gain Steam

More demonstrators poured onto the streets of Ottawa and other Canadian cities on Saturday demanding an end to Covid vaccine mandates, as protests against pandemic restrictions entered their second week. In the capital, demonstrators huddled around campfires in bone-chilling temperatures and erected portable saunas and bouncy castles for kids outside…

Al Jazeera

Thousands across Canada join truckers protesting COVID curbs

Protesters rally in cities across Canada as Ottawa police call for more resources to end truckers’ blockade in capital.

The Independent UK

Canada police act to rein in protests against COVID measures

Protesters opposed to vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions held rallies in cities across Canada in a show of solidarity with a week-long demonstration in the national capital

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The Independent UK

GoFundMe removes Ottawa truckers’ fundraiser as Ontario premier tells protesters to end ‘occupation’

The fundraising platform says the previously peaceful demonstration ‘has become an occupation’, with police reports of violence and unlawful activity

Reuters

U.S. Republicans vow to probe GoFundMe decision halting Canada trucker donations

Some U.S. Republicans on Saturday vowed to investigate GoFundMe's decision to take down a page accepting donations in support of protesting truckdrivers in Canada, although GoFundMe early Saturday already said it would simply refund all donations.

Reuters

Thousands protest vaccine mandates in Canada, further fraying nerves

Thousands of people demonstrated in Canadian cities, including the financial hub Toronto, on Saturday as mostly peaceful but noisy protests against vaccine mandates spread from Ottawa, the capital.

The Guardian - UK

Covid news: UK reports 259 deaths; Turkish president tests positive – as it happened

New Zealand and Russia both report record number of daily coronavirus cases

The Independent UK

Canadian police expect COVID-19 protests to ramp up again

Ontario’s Conservative premier is calling for demonstrators to end of the “occupation” of Ottawa and police are sending 150 officers to the areas most affected by the protest against COVID-19 mandates that has been going on for day

The Guardian - US

‘Lawlessness must end’: Canada police pledge tougher action on truck protests

Ottawa police announce 150 more officers will be deployed as 400 more trucks and 2,000 protesters expected to arrive

The Independent UK

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