Violent Protests

• Trump moves to label Antifa a terrorist organization, bar members from entering U.S.

  It's the first official move Trump has made against the left-wing militant movement since it was thrust into the national spotlight during last year's protests for racial justice.

  World

  Jan 6, 2021
  
• Calgary-based PetroTal shuts Peru oilfield after protester deaths and injuries

  PetroTal Corp. says it has closed the Bretana Oil Field due to the civil unrest outside the camp and has evacuated all non-essential personnel.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2020
  
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• Wisconsin calls in National Guard after protesters topple statues, incite violence

  Tuesday night's violence broke out as a group protested the arrest of a Black man who shouted at restaurant customers through a megaphone while carrying a baseball bat.

  World

  Jun 25, 2020
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• The last time protests interrupted B.C.’s throne speech, things got even uglier

  A large group protesting logging in Clayoquot Sound stormed into the B.C. legislature in 1993, injuring staff and damaging property.

  Features

  Feb 13, 2020
• Hong Kong extradition bill debate on hold after police, protesters clash

  Critics say the measure, now on hold, would undermine the city’s cherished legal autonomy.

  World

  Jun 13, 2019
• Haiti vows to investigate controversial oil deal and reduce expenses amid violent protests

  Since Feb. 7, thousands of demonstrators have called for President Jovenel Moise and Ceant to resign and for an independent probe into the whereabouts of funds from the PetroCaribe agreement, an alliance between Caribbean countries and Venezuela.

  Politics

  Feb 17, 2019
• Maritime medical team escapes violent protests in Haiti

  A New Brunswick-born nurse and other healthcare professionals from the Maritime provinces have made it to the airport after escaping violent protests in Haiti.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2019
• Quebec police say ‘strong possibility of arrests’ following Sunday protest

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the anti-immigration protesters intolerant and racist.

  Politics

  Aug 21, 2017
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• Violent Ethiopian protest exposes ‘open, bleeding wound’ in society: Israeli president

  Israel's ceremonial president said Monday that an outbreak of violent protests by Ethiopian Jews has "exposed an open, bleeding wound in the heart of Israeli society" and that the country must respond to their grievances.

  May 4, 2015