Canadian authorities have lifted freezes on hundreds of bank accounts belonging to "Freedom Convoy" protesters and their supporters eight days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his government the go-ahead to target demonstrators who had camped out in the country s capital for three weeks.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that he is revoking the extraordinary emergency powers police were given to break up demonstrations and end border blockades triggered by government-sanctioned COVID-19 restrictions.
After the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, Ontario, was largely disrupted by police last week, who made multiple arrests, encampments of truckers have sprouted outside the city, according to a report.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO More than 100 protesters, including four organizers of the Freedom Convoy, have been arrested as law enforcement and tactical teams from multiple Canadian jurisdictions worked Friday to clear demonstrations in the capital city.
Footage from Ottawa, Ontario, shows a frightening moment as police on horseback pushed through a crowd of demonstrators protesting against COVID-19 rules.