Ottawa’s sleepy core transformed into protest street party

By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - A sedate strip of Ottawa's downtown has been transformed into a weeks-long street party as anti-vaccine mandate protesters have settled in, complete with barbecues,…

Reactions to Canada’s Trudeau invoking Emergencies Act to end protests

(Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said the government had invoked rarely used special measures allowing him to tackle protests that have shut some border crossings and…

Macron urges calm as French “Freedom Convoys” approach Paris

By Richard Lough and Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) -France mobilised thousands of police, armoured personnel carriers and water cannon trucks in Paris on Friday to keep out convoys of motorists…

Brussels bans ‘freedom convoy’ protesting COVID curbs from entry

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Brussels authorities have banned a pan-European "freedom convoy" of motorists protesting COVID-19 restrictions from entering the Belgian capital, the regional government said in a…

Paris bans French ‘freedom convoy’ protests from the capital

PARIS (Reuters) -French "freedom convoy" motorists protesting against COVID-19 restrictions will be blocked from entering Paris, the French capital's police authority said on Thursday. Protesters set out from southern France…