Washington Post: Canada eyeing ‘no-go’ zones in Ottawa to quell ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests, official says
Canadian authorities say never-before-used emergency powers will allow them to establish “no-go” zones in the capital, Ottawa, where protesters of pandemic restrictions from the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” remained defiant in the face of a tightening crackdown.
Soon after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act, officials said they made progress in dispersing protests that disrupted cross-border trade.
The blockades at U.S.-Canada border crossings were down to their last holdouts, with supply routes almost clear as police arrested dozens of people — charging a few with conspiracy to commit murder after announcing the seizure of weapons at one location.
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WNU Editor: The protests in Ottawa are continuing .... Emergencies Act dismissed as scare tactic by some Ottawa protesters (CTV News).