Trucker Convoy
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Poilievre encourages anti-vaccine mandate protests amid reports of Canada Day rallyPresumptive Conservative leadership frontrunner says he has had no contact with convoy organizers hoping to return to Ottawa on Canada Day.CanadaJun 21
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Ontario watchdog clears VPD officers who fired riot weapons at Ottawa protestersOntario's SIU cited statements from several witnesses, along with two people struck by the officers' projectiles, drone footage, and surveillance footage from several sources.CrimeJun 20
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Second annual convoy to Kamloops, B.C. honours the ‘lost souls’ of residential schoolThe convoy, led in partnership with the We Stand in Solidarity truckers group, aims to memorialize the children who died in residential schools.CanadaJun 18
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‘Freedom Convoy’ figure pleads guilty to mischief-related criminal chargeTyson "Freedom George" Billings pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a charge of counselling to commit mischief related to his involvement in the demonstration that gridlocked Ottawa.CanadaJun 15
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Canada, U.S. face democratic ‘rough patches’ amid populism: American envoyChina and Russia are among the actors involved in attempts to subvert democracy, U.S. ambassador David Cohen said, but also domestic forces as shown by the trucker convoy protests.CanadaJun 12
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Mendicino was ‘misunderstood’ when he said police asked for the Emergencies Act: officialDeputy minister Rob Stewart appeared before the special joint committee that's examining the Liberals' decision to invoke the act on Tuesday evening.CanadaJun 8
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When it comes to Emergencies Act justification, ‘trust us’ is not enough: ex-minister"Wherever you have extraordinary powers, there must be extraordinary accountability," said the Canadian minister who drafted the Emergencies Act.CanadaMay 8
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Crowdfunding sites must now report transactions to Canada’s financial crimes watchdogThe convoy protests that gripped Ottawa in January and February resulted in a near-complete shutdown of the downtown core, which is heavily residential, and lead to many arrests.CanadaMay 4
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Downplaying risks from Ottawa trucker convoy after the fact is ‘revisionist’: minister'I am concerned in my capacity as minister of public safety about the ideological extremism that sparked the occupation here in Ottawa and the blockades,' said Marco Mendicino.CanadaMay 1
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Victoria police racked up nearly $400K in overtime during COVID-19 protestsVictoria police say the overtime costs of $385,947 incurred while working demonstrations near the legislature between January and April were covered by the provincial government.PoliticsApr 30
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