Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to invoke emergency powers to quell the protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country's COVID-19 restrictions, a senior government official said Monday.
Canadian police have arrested 13 people and seized a cache of weapons in connection with the truckers blockade at the U.S.-Canada border in Coutts, Alberta.
Ottawa's police chief resigned Tuesday amid criticism of his department's inaction against the trucker protests that have paralyzed Canada's capital for over two weeks, a federal government official said.
Canadian police have arrested 13 people and seized a cache of weapons in connection with the truckers blockade at the U.S.-Canada border in Coutts, Alberta.
Ottawa's police chief resigned Tuesday amid criticism of his department's inaction against the trucker protests that have paralyzed Canada's capital for over two weeks, a federal government official said.