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Canada: Truckers end US border blockade, siege in Ottawa goes on

Since late January, protesters in trucks and other vehicles have jammed the streets of the capital and obstructed border crossings, decrying vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers

Hot tubs, hapless police: What drove Trudeau to seek emergency powers

Discussions on invoking the rarely used powers first began on Thursday as the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge, a key US-Canada trade artery between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, entered its third

Respect people's right to stage protests, Canadian PM Trudeau urged

A US-based Hindu organisation has urged Trudeau to respect the right of his country's people to protest peacefully

13 arrested, guns seized; emergency activated in Canada to end protests

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some US border crossings

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Canada to donate $7 mn of lethal weapons to Kiev

The weapons include machine guns, pistols, carbines, 1.5 million rounds of ammunition, sniper rifles, and various related equipment

Top headlines: RBI official wants crypto ban; Canada seeks more immigrants

Top property developers across western and northern India are getting into 'second homes' concept at leisure destinations. More on that in our morning wrap.

Canada to welcome 1.3 mn immigrants over 3 years for post-pandemic growth

Immigration had been one of the main drivers of Canada's economy, and accounts for almost all of the nation's employment growth

Canadian PM declares public order emergency to end truck blockades

Trudeau said in a press conference that he invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canada's history to give the federal government extra and "temporary" powers to handle the issue

Blockades on Canada-US border continue as anti-vaccine protests swell

The protests at the bridge, in Ottawa and elsewhere have reverberated outside the country, with similarly inspired convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands

Covid-19: Blockades on Canada-US border continue as protests swell

In Ottawa, the ranks of protesters swelled to what police said was 4,000 demonstrators.

Canadian PM Trudeau urges protesters to go home, vows to end blockades

Justin Trudeau on Friday urged all protesters to go home, saying "everything is on the table" when it comes to ending the blockades paralyzing cross-border trade at multiple locations.

Canadian PM Trudeau urges protesters to go home, vows to end blockades

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged all protesters to go home, saying "everything is on the table" when it comes to ending the blockades paralysing cross-border trade at multiple locations.

Trudeau briefs Opposition on Trucker protests, seeks end to 'illegal acts'

Trudeau on Thursday called for an end to blockades caused by the "Freedom Convoy 2022" protest as he briefed the leaders of the opposition parties on the current situation prevailing in the country.

US urges Canada to use federal powers to end truckers' bridge blockade

For the fourth straight day, scores of truckers taking part in what they dubbed the Freedom Convoy blocked the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit

Covid-19 protests threaten border trade between Canada, United States

The daily demonstrations staged by the so-called Freedom Truck Convoy are centred in Ottawa, where demonstrators have used hundreds of parked trucks to paralyse parts of the capital

Canada's Covid-19 protests threaten border trade with US: Report

Protesters have also closed another important US Canada border crossing in Coutts, Alberta

Canadian airlines cancel flights, call for end of travel-restrictions

The current wave of protests against Covid-19 measures started when thousands of demonstrators gathered in Ottawa expressing strong opposition to vaccine mandates for truckers

Canada's Trudeau in speech to parliament says trucker protest 'has to stop'

The wave of protest across Canada began in mid-January, with thousands of truckers and other demonstrators converging upon Ottawa to express strong opposition to vaccine mandates for truckers

Canada enters second week of protests over Covid-19 regulations

With claims of hate-related incidents under investigation and arrests made amid reports of rocks and eggs thrown, Canada on Monday (local time) entered second week of protests over Covid regulations.

Canadian PM moved to secret location as anti-Covid rules protests flare-up

Thousands of truckers and other protesters converged in the Capital city on Saturday to call for an end to Covid vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions