OTTAWA remained frozen by an anti-vaccine mandate trucker protest, though police cleared demonstrators from the road leading to the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, reported the New York Times.
This reopened a major international bridge that protesters had been blockading for almost a week, raising hopes for industries the unrest had slowed to a near-standstill.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will invoke emergency powers in response to trucker-led protests in Canada's capital city that have entered their 18th day, reported Bloomberg.
Trudeau informed provincial premiers of his decision to use the Emergencies Act during a virtual meeting Monday morning, according a government official speaking on condition of anonymity before the announcement. The prime minister is scheduled to speak to reporters in Ottawa at 4:30 p.m. alongside his attorney general and other top cabinet officials.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also made arrests Monday at an offshoot demonstration in western Canada, seizing a cache of weapons at a border blockade in Alberta.
The government announced that the Ambassador Bridge, which ties Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, had been reclaimed after a series of arrests in the morning, some hailed it as a victory for a government shaken by the intransigence of anti-vaccine mandate protests that have mushroomed since they began.
But in Canada's capital, Ottawa, hundreds of truckers were entering their third week of occupation of the area around Parliament Hill, said the New York Times.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said talks were underway with the truckers' leadership to remove their convoy from residential neighborhoods.
The proposal would have the truckers leaving a residential area, where 15,000 people live, but not be from Wellington Street, site of the legislative buildings.
Word that tensions might ease a bit in the capital came after protesters and their supporters spent the weekend jamming the streets with dance parties, bonfires and even an inflatable hot tub. People swarmed local stores without masks, violating local regulations, and tossed gifts and cash to the truckers through the windows of the vehicles where they were encamped.
Police strolling through the occupation appeared to be largely standing by as people openly violated laws, such as carrying jugs of diesel fuel - forbidden supplies for the protesting truckers.
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This reopened a major international bridge that protesters had been blockading for almost a week, raising hopes for industries the unrest had slowed to a near-standstill.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will invoke emergency powers in response to trucker-led protests in Canada's capital city that have entered their 18th day, reported Bloomberg.
Trudeau informed provincial premiers of his decision to use the Emergencies Act during a virtual meeting Monday morning, according a government official speaking on condition of anonymity before the announcement. The prime minister is scheduled to speak to reporters in Ottawa at 4:30 p.m. alongside his attorney general and other top cabinet officials.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also made arrests Monday at an offshoot demonstration in western Canada, seizing a cache of weapons at a border blockade in Alberta.
The government announced that the Ambassador Bridge, which ties Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit, had been reclaimed after a series of arrests in the morning, some hailed it as a victory for a government shaken by the intransigence of anti-vaccine mandate protests that have mushroomed since they began.
But in Canada's capital, Ottawa, hundreds of truckers were entering their third week of occupation of the area around Parliament Hill, said the New York Times.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said talks were underway with the truckers' leadership to remove their convoy from residential neighborhoods.
The proposal would have the truckers leaving a residential area, where 15,000 people live, but not be from Wellington Street, site of the legislative buildings.
Word that tensions might ease a bit in the capital came after protesters and their supporters spent the weekend jamming the streets with dance parties, bonfires and even an inflatable hot tub. People swarmed local stores without masks, violating local regulations, and tossed gifts and cash to the truckers through the windows of the vehicles where they were encamped.
Police strolling through the occupation appeared to be largely standing by as people openly violated laws, such as carrying jugs of diesel fuel - forbidden supplies for the protesting truckers.
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