Covid-19 Protests

• Kelowna protestor of COVID rules to face two trials next summer

  A Kelowna man who is part of a vocal but small group that protests COVID-19 regulations is scheduled for two trials next summer for incidents related to those activities.

  Crime

  Dec 13, 2022
  
• N.S. Court of Appeal rules injunction on COVID protest shouldn’t have been granted

  The original court order was granted by the provincial Supreme Court on May 14, 2021, the day before outdoor gatherings were planned to protest COVID-19 public health restrictions.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2022
  
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• Police didn’t anticipate Emergencies Act use to end convoy blockades: RCMP chief

  Brenda Lucki said powers afforded to police by the government's invoking of the Emergencies Act were not used to clear blockades at Canadian border crossings.

  Canada

  May 10, 2022
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• 2 charged with intimidating health professional after protests outside home of top N.S. doctor

  Jeremy Mitchell MacKenzie and Morgan May Guptill have been charged with criminal harassment, mischief, harassing phone calls and intimidation of a health professional.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2022
• ‘Threat still exists’: Emergencies Act to remain as long as required, Bill Blair says

  In an interview on the West Block, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says as soon as the job is completed, 'we will end these measures.'

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2022
• Ottawa police pressed for answers on end to convoy blockade: ‘This will take time’

  Ottawa police interim chief Steve Bell said an operation to remove all remaining demonstrators and their vehicles from the capital will take a number of days to execute.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2022
• Security experts concerned about possible ‘threat financing’ tied to trucker convoy

  Financial crime and security experts are concerned that funds raised through GoFundMe for the so-called 'freedom convoy' could end up with hate groups.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2022
• Austria plans to loosen COVID-19 rules after vaccine mandate begins

  Austria plans to ease coronavirus restrictions in February after the country's national vaccine mandate, the first of its kind in Europe, takes effect on Tuesday.

  World

  Jan 29, 2022
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• Belgian police use water, tear gas on COVID-19 protesters

  The main crowd in Sunday’s mostly peaceful march had already dispersed when about a 100 protesters ran into a riot police barricade cordoning off access to the European Commission.

  World

  Dec 5, 2021
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• ‘Make Austria Great Again’: Thousands protest COVID-19 restrictions in Europe

  Some of the more than 40,000 demonstrators in Vienna carried signs reading: "I will decide for myself," "Make Austria Great Again" and "New Elections."

  World

  Dec 4, 2021