- 25 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityOttawa
Canadian police arrest dozens to sweep protesters from parliament area
By Steve Scherer and Carlos Osorio OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades, and made dozens of arrests as they cleared demonstrators from the street…
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,…
Analysis-Pandemic fatigue a challenge for Canada’s Trudeau amid protests
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's support of vaccine mandates in fighting COVID-19 helped him win re-election five months ago, but now he looks increasingly…
India says it has noted Canada invoking emergency act
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI). India on Thursday said it has taken note of the Canadian government invoking the Emergency Act to quell protests by the country's truckers and that it…
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…
TD Bank freezes two accounts that received C$1.4 million in support of Canada protests
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) -Toronto-Dominion Bank has frozen two personal bank accounts into which C$1.4 million ($1.1 million) had been deposited to support protesters fighting the Canadian government's pandemic…
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…
Saunas and fire pits: Ottawa’s truck protesters in it for the long haul
By Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA (Reuters) - Sleeping in trucks and staying warm at fire pits and portable saunas, protesters camped out in the frigid Canadian capital of Ottawa are…
U.S. Republicans vow to probe GoFundMe decision halting Canada trucker donations
(Reuters) -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…
Ottawans fed up with trucker blockade, blame police for inaction
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Frustrations are boiling over in Canada's capital as a protest by truckers against COVID-19 vaccine mandates has clogged downtown Ottawa for a week and…
Thousands stage peaceful protest in Ottawa against Canada’s vaccine mandates
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Thousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada's capital Ottawa on Saturday against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets…
