The decision was announced by organiser James Bauder, one of dozens arrested for the trucker protests that blocked parts of Ottawa and shut border crossings.

Meanwhile, the EU will meet on January 4 to discuss a possible joint response from the bloc amid concerns over rising Covid cases in the Asian country.

‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters rammed vehicles into police cars and used children as shields, the prime minister testified at a public inquiry.

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Asian-Canadian millennials talk about how Covid-19 has affected their travels in the past two years, and their excitement about taking overseas trips again.

Veteran skier Alf Alderson visits two British Columbia mountain resorts known for their formidable slopes to see how they’re dealing with the aftermath of Covid-19 – and comes away more than satisfied.

The emergencies act had allowed police to freeze truckers’ bank accounts and make tow truck companies haul away ‘Freedom Convoy’ vehicles.

Protesters finally retreated as the country’s largest police operation ended the three-week demonstrations against Covid-19 restrictions with nearly 200 arrested, weapons seized, trucks towed away.

Hundreds of officers, some in riot gear or carrying automatic weapons, led demonstrators away in handcuffs.

After McDonald’s rationed French fries in Japan; now chains such as Yum Brands’ KFC in Singapore said they’ll replace side orders of fries with potato waffles.

Peter Sloly had drawn flak from furious residents for his department’s inability to break the ‘Freedom Convoy’ siege.

The Emergencies Act was previously used by Trudeau’s father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, during the October Crisis of 1970.

Ambassador Bridge, North America’s busiest land border crossing, reopened on Sunday after protests closed it for almost a week.

A judge issued an injunction ordering the protesters at the Ambassador Bridge to clear the area by 7pm, but even as the deadline passed, the rally has only grown.

Online groups have been calling for drivers to converge on various European capitals, mirroring ‘Freedom Convoy’ demonstrations that have paralysed Ottawa.

More supporters have joined a blockade at a major border crossing with the US to rally against Covid-19 rules.

A protest movement by Canadian truckers angered over Covid-19 vaccine rules has fired up crowds from New York to New Zealand.

All traffic at the Ambassador Bridge was initially cut off, causing major disruptions, though the US-bound lanes have since reopened.

The ‘Freedom Convoy’ has disrupted life in the capital, Ottawa, for 11 days in a demonstration against a vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers.

A smoke bomb was deployed and four men were injured in a hit-and-run incident as Canadians demonstrated against vaccine mandates and Covid-19 restrictions.

Ron DeSantis said on Saturday it was fraud for GoFundMe to ‘commandeer’ US$9 million in donations sent to support protesting truck drivers in Canada.

Canada’s capital has been beset by protesters led by truckers opposed to mandatory Covid vaccines for travelling between Canada and the United States.

His own party lawmakers voted 73-45 against the ex-lawyer and military veteran in a secret-ballot confidence vote.

The 50-year-old leader, who is vaccinated and boosted, does not have severe symptoms and will continue working remotely.

Many of the demonstrators were protesting against vaccine mandates for truck drivers crossing the Canada-US border.

It claims some people have tested positive on arrival in China and that they did not stay home in the previous week as required, calling the behaviour ‘shocking and unfortunate’.

Canadian authorities respond to Beijing CDC’s claim that a contaminated letter from Toronto could be the source of an Omicron case in the Chinese capital.