OTTAWA, Ontario—Police in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, were investigating Thursday the deaths of six people including four children and two adults found in a house in the southern part of the city. A seventh person is in hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Police were called to the home in the Barrhaven area at around 11 […]
A federal judge has declared that the invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy protest was “unreasonable” and that related regulations infringed on Canadians’ charter rights. “I have concluded that the decision to issue the Proclamation does not bear the hallmarks of reasonableness – justification, transparency and intelligibility – and was […]
OTTAWA, Ontario—Two members of the Royal Canadian Air Force who had been missing were found dead after a military helicopter crashed near the Ottawa River, officials said on Wednesday. The Department of National Defence said the two bodies were recovered Tuesday night. Four Royal Canadian Air Force members were on board a CH-147 Chinook helicopter […]
Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds is interested in buying the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). “I am trying to [buy the Senators],” Reynolds told Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show. “It’s very expensive, so I need a partner with really deep pockets. “It’s called a consortium, when you form a group together to […]
Beijing is lifting a tough three-year ban on certain Canadian imports. As of 5 p.m. Ottawa time Wednesday, the Canadian government Trade Minister Mary Ng and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Wednesday that two Canadian canola giants are permitted to export to China again.
Canadian authorities have frozen the financial assets of individuals and companies that are allegedly involved in the ongoing protests in Ottawa Mike Duheme, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) deputy commissioner of federal policing, announced on Feb. 20. Duheme said at a news conference that the RCMP froze 206 financial products, including bank and corporate accounts, and disclosed […]
An Ontario police oversight agency said it is investigating two cases of police operations during the protest against COVID-19 mandates in the nation’s capital on Feb. 18 and 19, including one incident where a civilian was seriously injured. In a news release issued Feb. 20, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said a 49-year-old woman “has a reported […]
OTTAWA—Ottawa police said on the Feb. 20 that 191 people have been arrested and 79 vehicles towed as law enforcement continues operations to clear protesters opposed to COVID-19 mandates from the nation’s capital. Many protesters were pushed back by officers in riot gear with batons and pepper spray on Feb. 19, with demonstrators seen trying […]
Ottawa police are starting to arrest “Freedom Convoy” protesters and tow away trucks. They began Thursday night by arresting two of the leading organizers. Police are warning that anyone inside the designated protest zone will be arrested.
OTTAWA, Canada—Police put the number of arrests at over 100, and the number of vehicles towed at 21 on Feb. 18 as law enforcement escalated its confrontation with protesters in Ottawa. Mounted police and officers on foot advanced on crowds to push them away from the designated secured area, in some instances knocking down protesters. […]
Canadian police arrest two lead organizers of the protest in Ottawa. Now a civil liberties group says it’s taking the government to court for invoking the Emergencies Act.
A Universal mail-in voting law in Pennsylvania loses in court again. This comes as lawmakers in Georgia and Arizona seek to ban ballot drop boxes altogether.
Retiring Justice Stephen Breyer is offering some advice, after more than two decades on the nation’s highest court. And President Joe Biden’s self-imposed deadline for his Supreme Court pick is drawing near.
Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, two lead organizers of the Freedom Convoy protest, have been arrested in Ottawa, according to reports online. While the Ottawa Police Service told The Epoch Times it cannot confirm or deny the arrests until charges are laid, attorney Chris Wilson who has represented the organizers in past cases confirmed that […]
OTTAWA, Ontario—The center of Canada’s capital city was flooded on Feb. 12 by thousands of protesters demanding an end to the country’s COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. Many more joined the ongoing trucker-led protest in Ottawa with the arrival of the weekend. Its numbers grew from the night of Feb. 11 into the next morning, as supporters […]
OTTAWA—Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has declared a state of emergency due to the trucker protest that continues in the city’s downtown core. In a brief statement, the city said the decision reflects the “serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents posed by the ongoing demonstrations and highlights the need for support […]
Several Republican attorneys general vowed on Feb. 5 to investigate GoFundMe’s move to take down a fundraiser for protesting truck drivers in Ottawa, Canada. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey signaled that they would be looking into the matter. “My office will be looking […]
With the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa soon completing its first week, organizers said today no level of government has yet spoken to them directly, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wouldn’t confirm if he was considering opening such negotiations but says he remains “steadfast” in his vaccination mandate approach. “So far, no one from the […]
OTTAWA—The Parliament Hill area got filled to the brim as legions of truckers and other demonstrators protesting COVID-19 mandates and restrictions on Jan. 29 converged in Ottawa, their final destination after driving throughout the week in a convoy from all parts of the country. “It’s like a Canada Day, but for the real reason that […]
A massive group of truckers protesting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on truck drivers started their march from Vancouver on Sunday. The Freedom Convoy 2022 left northern British Columbia en route to the Canadian capital city Ottawa in demonstration against the mandate, and truckers from Ontario and eastern Canada are also expected to arrive in Ottawa, according to local media. Once there, drivers […]
