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Canada's trucker protests settle down, but could echo in politics

The trucker protest, which grew until it closed a handful of Canada-US border posts and shut down key parts of the capital city for weeks, could echo for years in Canadian politics

Canada trucker protests: Police clear Parliament street in bid to end siege

Scores of trucks left under the increasing pressure, raising authorities' hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country's Covid-19 restrictions

Canada: Police arrest 100 demonstrators after three-week protest in Ottawa

Scuffles broke out in places, and police repeatedly went nose-to-nose with the protesters and pushed the crowd back amid cries of "Freedom!" and the singing of the national anthem, 'O Canada.'

Canada police to end siege of capital by protesters fighting Covid measures

The drivers, joined by thousands of demonstrators and some 400 vehicles, turned the streets around Parliament into a noisy party zone since first arriving on January 2

Protesting truckers in Canada hold their ground despite crackdown threats

Busloads of police arrived near Ottawa's Parliament Hill, and workers put up extra fences around government buildings

Covid-19 pandemic: Canada approves Novavax vaccine for adults

Canada approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 18 and over, making it the fifth Covid-19 vaccine authorized in the country

Canada's anti-vax protests: Arrival of Trumpism or anger at Covid curbs?

Canada does not have much of a tradition of mass political unrest, especially on the political right

Canada: Truckers end US border blockade, siege in Ottawa goes on

Since late January, protesters in trucks and other vehicles have jammed the streets of the capital and obstructed border crossings, decrying vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers

Hot tubs, hapless police: What drove Trudeau to seek emergency powers

Discussions on invoking the rarely used powers first began on Thursday as the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge, a key US-Canada trade artery between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, entered its third

Respect people's right to stage protests, Canadian PM Trudeau urged

A US-based Hindu organisation has urged Trudeau to respect the right of his country's people to protest peacefully

13 arrested, guns seized; emergency activated in Canada to end protests

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau activated rarely used emergency powers in an effort to end protests that have shut some US border crossings

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Canada to donate $7 mn of lethal weapons to Kiev

The weapons include machine guns, pistols, carbines, 1.5 million rounds of ammunition, sniper rifles, and various related equipment

Top headlines: RBI official wants crypto ban; Canada seeks more immigrants

Top property developers across western and northern India are getting into 'second homes' concept at leisure destinations. More on that in our morning wrap.

Canada to welcome 1.3 mn immigrants over 3 years for post-pandemic growth

Immigration had been one of the main drivers of Canada's economy, and accounts for almost all of the nation's employment growth

Canadian PM declares public order emergency to end truck blockades

Trudeau said in a press conference that he invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canada's history to give the federal government extra and "temporary" powers to handle the issue

Blockades on Canada-US border continue as anti-vaccine protests swell

The protests at the bridge, in Ottawa and elsewhere have reverberated outside the country, with similarly inspired convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands

Covid-19: Blockades on Canada-US border continue as protests swell

In Ottawa, the ranks of protesters swelled to what police said was 4,000 demonstrators.

Canadian PM Trudeau urges protesters to go home, vows to end blockades

Justin Trudeau on Friday urged all protesters to go home, saying "everything is on the table" when it comes to ending the blockades paralyzing cross-border trade at multiple locations.

Canadian PM Trudeau urges protesters to go home, vows to end blockades

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged all protesters to go home, saying "everything is on the table" when it comes to ending the blockades paralysing cross-border trade at multiple locations.

Trudeau briefs Opposition on Trucker protests, seeks end to 'illegal acts'

Trudeau on Thursday called for an end to blockades caused by the "Freedom Convoy 2022" protest as he briefed the leaders of the opposition parties on the current situation prevailing in the country.