Ottawa truck convoy cost the city more than C$36m – mainly in police expenses
The costs were more than twice the amount the city budgeted for affordable and supportive housing The truck convoy that paralyzed much of downtown Ottawa...
Category : Protest
National guard troops to be deployed in DC as trucker convoy protests loom
US protest to follow Canadian truckers’ demonstration against pandemic restrictions The Pentagon is expected to approve the deployment of 700 to 800 unarmed national guard...
Violent extremists ‘likely’ infiltrated Ottawa protests, anti-terror agency warned
Exclusive: report shows that Canada’s main intelligence service flagged involvement of extremist groups in official briefing How conspiracy theorists steered Canada’s trucker protest Days before...
Saunas, haircuts, hot meals: Ottawa protesters set up for the long haul
Protesters against Covid-19 rules seem unfazed by possible police action as prime minister invokes emergency powers A day after Canada’s prime minister announced a dramatic...
Leading activist in Egypt’s 2011 uprising and two others jailed
Alaa Abd El-Fattah gets five years for ‘spreading false news’ and lawyer and blogger get four-year terms A leading figure in Egypt’s 2011 uprising, his...
