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Explainer-Ottawa protests: What you need to know about the anti-vaccine convoys

Horn-blaring demonstrations demanding an end to Canadian COVID-19 vaccine mandates have caused gridlock in the capital Ottawa since late January. The protests by truckers and others are now spilling to key Canada-United States border crossings and disrupting trade.

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Top News Advisory for Thursday, Feb. 10

Here are the latest Top News stories from The Canadian Press. All times are Eastern unless otherwise stated. Coverage plans are included when available. Entries are subject to change as news develops.

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Convoy protests creating political nightmare for Liberals and Conservatives alike

OTTAWA — Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith says he agrees with his colleague Joël Lightbound that "divisive" rhetoric about getting vaccinated has to end, even if he is not fully onside with everything the Quebec Liberal MP said.

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Defence Department failed to spend $1.2B in funding last year, most due to delays

OTTAWA — New figures show the Department of National Defence failed to spend more than $1.2 billion of its allotted budget in the last fiscal year, the majority due to delays in the purchase of new equipment for Canada’s military.

The Canadian Press

Inspired by Ottawa protests, French motorists join ‘Freedom Convoy’ bound for Paris

A French version of Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” hit the roads on Thursday, with hundreds of motorists headed for the capital. Most members oppose France’s vaccine pass, but some see the protest as a continuation of the Yellow Vest movement that rocked the country before the pandemic.

France 24

When will Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest end?

Justin Trudeau tells Ottawa demonstrators: ‘It has to stop’

The Independent UK

Ontario court freezes access to donations for truckers' protest from GiveSendGo

OTTAWA — The Ontario government says it has successfully petitioned a court to freeze access to millions of dollars donated through online fundraising platform GiveSendGo to the convoy protesting COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa and at several border crossings.

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As US-Canada border closures block trade, governments eye action

Trucker blockade shuts auto plants as US Homeland Security warns of looming convoy from California to Washington, DC.

Al Jazeera

Canada truckers block new border crossing, fuel copycat protests

Ottawa (AFP) - Trucker-led protests against coronavirus restrictions in Canada shut down a new US border crossing on Thursday, as copycat movements gathered steam as far afield as Europe and New Zealand.

AFP

Police say efforts by protest convoy to gridlock Fredericton won't be tolerated

Fredericton's police chief says he's bringing in extra resources ahead of a so-called freedom convoy planned for this weekend that promises to gridlock the city in support of the trucker protests in Ottawa.

The Canadian Press

The latest on protests against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa and beyond

The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, both in Ottawa and various cities across Canada. All times eastern:

The Canadian Press

Protesters settle in at Ambassador Bridge, Windsor mayor to seek injunction

Officials looked to the courts Thursday to put an end to what they called an "illegal occupation" at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge, as protesters made themselves comfortable days into a demonstration that's largely shut down one of Canada's busiest border crossings.

The Canadian Press

U.S. urges Canada to use federal powers to ease border protest disruption

Canada should use federal powers to ease the growing economic disruption caused by the blockage of a vital U.S.-Canada trade route by protesters opposed to coronavirus mandates, U.S. President Joe Biden's administration said on Thursday.

Reuters

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…

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Paris bans French 'Freedom convoys' vaccine pass protests from Friday

Paris police said Thursday they would ban the French "Freedom convoys" inspired by a truckers' protest against Covid rules that has paralysed the Canadian capital Ottawa.

AFP

Trudeau slams trucker protests as copycat convoys spread

Ottawa (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lambasted trucker-led protests that have shut down central Ottawa in anger at Covid-19 health rules, as France and New Zealand moved Thursday to stop their own copycat convoys.

The Canadian Press

US influence on protest, Online Streaming Act concerns : In The News for Feb. 10

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 10 ...

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Political pressure grows for end to convoy protests as Ottawa warns of weekend surge

OTTAWA — Pressure has mounted on both sides of the border, and across the political aisle in Canada, for protesters blockading key crossings with the U.S. and others encamped by Parliament Hill to go home, or for officials to move them out of the way.

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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…

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The Independent UK

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

France 24

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.

Crikey

Ottawa uprising delivers the right a chance to unite as progressives truck off

As in Canada, so too Canberra? Sounds innocuous enough, until we have a global mobilisation of right-wing wingnuts on our hands.

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

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