Blockades

• Ontario to introduce legislation to stop future ‘illegal’ blockades at borders, airports

  Some of the proposed police powers would include drivers' licence suspensions, seizing licence plates when a vehicle is used in an illegal blockade or removing other objects used.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2022
  
• South Asian Canadian truckers turned off by ‘freedom convoy’ mull other career paths

  Frustration at the recent blockades and encampment in Ottawa may be the final straw atop concerns ranging from wages to road safety and exhausting working conditions.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2022
  
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• CCLA warns normalizing emergency legislation threatens democracy, civil liberties

  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it does not believe the "high and clear" threshold needed to invoke the act has been met.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2022
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• Ottawa mayor pushes to shrink convoy protest footprint, as feds eye action

  Mayor Jim Watson outlined the proposal in a letter released on Sunday as part of a backchannel deal aimed at ending the ongoing protest against pandemic health measurers.

  Canada

  Feb 14, 2022
• COVID-19: Anti-mandate protest ties up traffic in parts of Halifax

  Halifax Regional Police tweeted Sunday night that the planned protest involved "in excess of a thousand" vehicles, and thanked the public for their patience.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2022
• Nova Scotia extends blockade ban to all roads, streets and highways

  A new directive from the Nova Scotia government has extended the blockade ban previously announced for Highway 104 to all roads, streets and highways.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2022
• OPP warn of delays as demonstrations slow traffic on Hwy 401 from Cornwall to Napanee

  OPP are warning of snarled traffic on Highway 401 between Cornwall and Napanee Wednesday morning due to demonstrations in support of the Wet’suwet’en people.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2021
• Keeyask project moved into ‘care and maintenance’ mode as Manitoba Hydro shift change delayed

  Manitoba Hydro says work on the Keeyask project is being delayed and it has moved into "care and maintenance status" as blockades continue in the area.

  May 22, 2020
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• Liberals’ approach to deficits backs them into an unfortunate fiscal corner

  The Liberals’ upcoming budget will need to respond to the economic uncertainty from the COVID-19 outbreak and the rail blockades, Rob Breakenridge says.

  Commentary

  Mar 7, 2020
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• Via Rail resumes eastern Ontario routes following Wet’suwet’en solidarity blockades

  On Tuesday, partial service resumed on the Toronto-Montreal and Toronto-Ottawa routes after three weeks of cancellations.

  Canada

  Mar 4, 2020