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The Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) was a series of protests and blockades across Canada in early 2022, initially organized to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers. The movement quickly expanded to protest broader COVID-19 restrictions and mandates.
Members of the self-styled Freedom Convoy also blockaded U.S.-Canada border crossings in protest. Police arrested 11 people at the blockaded crossing at Coutts, Alberta, opposite Montana, after ...
Amid police clampdown, protest spreads beyond Canada's border In recent days, police and government officials appear to have ramped up efforts to bring the nearly two-week demonstration to an end.
The following article is a broad timeline of the course of events surrounding the Canada convoy protest, a series of protests and blockades in Canada in early 2022. The protest, which was called the Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) by organizers, was "first aimed at a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers" when the convoy of hundreds of vehicles, including semi ...
Initially sparked in response to a new COVID-19 vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the border between the U.S. and Canada, the ongoing protests have snowballed, gaining traction and support ...
The protest was the start of a convoy of protesters that later proceeded to Ottawa. [4] The protest blocked the border crossing to the United States. [4] After hearing reports that protesters were planning to bring firearms to the protest and prepare for "war", police deployed undercover officers. [1]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked emergency powers to try to quell the protests by truck drivers and others who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some U.S. border crossings and paralyzed parts ...