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Suspect arrested 30 minutes after woman in Durham, Ontario, mistakenly contacts English forceControl room staff helped save a woman in danger more than 3,000 miles away after she contacted the wrong Durham police force.Durham constabulary was contacted on Wednesday afternoon on its online live chat facility by a distressed woman who reported an intruder trying to get into her home in Durham, Canada. Continue...

Hours after the injunction order to end the blockade, protesters opposing pandemic restrictions stayed at the bridge entranceProtesters opposing pandemic restrictions were still occupying a vital Canada-US trade corridor hours after an injunction order to end the blockade that has disrupted North America’s auto industry took effect.Prime minister Justin Trudeau has promised president Joe Biden quick action to end the crisis and earlier on...

What began as a protest against vaccine requirements for truck drivers has grown into a widening movement as Trudeau refuses to engage with demandsOttawa protests: how did the rallies begin and what’s next?Diesel fumes and marijuana smoke filled the air outside of Canadian parliament as a “Freedom Convoy” protest against vaccine mandates headed into a third week.Columns of big-rig trucks, pickups and RVs have...

Authorities work on alternative travel routes as protest hits auto production and injunction sought to remove Ambassador Bridge demonstratorsThe US government has urged Canada to use federal powers to ease the growing economic disruption caused by the blockade of the vital Ambassador Bridge by protesters opposed to coronavirus mandates.The closure of North America’s busiest international land border crossing, a vital supply route for Detroit’s...

Protesters have set out from southern France inspired by demonstrators in CanadaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage The Paris police authority has said it has decided to ban a so-called “freedom convoy” of motorists from holding protests in the French capital from 11-14 February.Protesters had set out from southern France on Wednesday in what they call a freedom convoy that will converge...

While protest remains on bridge between car-manufacturing cities of Detroit and Windsor, businesses risk losing $50m a dayBlockades on the busiest border bridge between Canada and the US could have a serious impact on the economies of both countries, disrupting the automotive industry, agricultural exports, and causing multimillion-dollar losses, the two countries’ governments have said.The warnings came as business associations said that manufacturing plants...

Police detain 23 in Ottawa protests over Covid restrictions, while trucks block Ambassador Bridge linking cities of Detroit and WindsorOttawa protests: how did the rallies against vaccine mandates begin and what’s next?Traffic has ground to a halt at the busiest border crossing in North America, as Canadian truckers and others angry with vaccine mandates spread their protest beyond Ottawa.Trucks started blocking the Ambassador Bridge...

Ottawa’s occupation was a result of unrivaled coordination between anti-vax and anti-government organizationsThousands of demonstrators have successfully occupied Canada’s frigid capital for days, and say they plan on staying as long as it takes to thwart the country’s vaccine requirements.The brazen occupation of Ottawa came as a result of unprecedented coordination between various anti-vaccine and anti-government organizations and activists, and has been seized on...

Hundreds of trucks and cars have blockaded downtown areasHow did the Ottawa protests begin and what’s next?Protesters against Covid vaccine mandates have defied government calls for them to end a 10-day occupation of Canada’s capital, a day after the city’s mayor declared a state of emergency and promised to “get the city back”.Ottawa police have described the protest as a “siege” on the city,...

Residents furious as protesters opposed to Covid-19 restrictions paralyse Ottawa; more than 17 million Vietnamese students due to return to schoolOttawa declares state of emergency as Canada trucker protest paralyses city‘No light at the end of the tunnel’: Americans join Hong Kong’s business exodusVastly unequal US has world’s highest Covid death toll – it’s no coincidenceI didn’t take Covid seriously, admits leading statisticianSee all...

Police chief describes situation as a ‘siege’ as thousands of protesters join demonstrations against Covid restrictionsThe mayor of Canada’s capital declared a state of emergency Sunday and a former US ambassador to Canada said groups in the US must stop interfering in the domestic affairs of America’s neighbour as protesters opposed to Covid-19 restrictions continued to paralyse Ottawa’s downtown.The mayor, Jim Watson, said the...

Many Indians embark on often treacherous journeys to North America through agents who are now the focus of anti-human trafficking officersThe signs are painted on every wall and hang from every lamp-post of this small Gujarat village. “Easy Canada visa, student and immigration,” states one. “Study in Canada, free application, spouse can apply,” claims another.Indeed, in Dingucha, a village in rural west India, almost...

Ottawa police announce 150 more officers will be deployed as 400 more trucks and 2,000 protesters expected to arrivePolice in Canada have promised tougher action against the “unlawful and unacceptably dangerous” protests paralyzing the nation’s capital, but admitted the situation was increasingly out of their control.With 400 more trucks and 2,000 protesters expected to arrive in the city this weekend, Ottawa police on Friday...

Many experts say Indian toll likely to be much higher; Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says he is ‘very, very cautious’ about deploying troopsAs Omicron peaks, US healthcare system left ‘broken beyond repair’Austria passes vaccine mandate, but questions linger over enforcementWorld faces ‘bumpy, difficult’ Covid transition, says senior scientistBulgaria reported 8,142 new Covid infections yesterday, public broadcaster BNT reports, taking the country’s 7-day average to...

Does movement against vaccine mandates herald Canada’s tea party moment?For nearly a week, Paul Aubue has lived and slept in the cab of his truck, parked in downtown Ottawa.The 64-year-old grandfather travelled from New Brunswick to join hundreds of others as they descended on the Canadian capital. Aubue, the owner of a trucking company, said he’d been driven to protest by a recent requirement...

Authorities also warned brining in the military carried a ‘massive risk’ as they believed the protesters are armedPolice in Ottawa warned they may have to call in the military to disband “unlawful” protests in the nation’s capital and a town near the US border, amid mounting tensions between protesters opposing Covid restrictions and local residents.The Ottawa police chief, Peter Sloly, warned on Wednesday that...

Thousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, against prime minister Justin Trudeau’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in front of parliament. The so-called Freedom Convoy started out as a rally of truckers against a vaccine requirement for cross-border drivers, but turned into a demonstration against government overreach during the pandemic, with a strong anti-vaccination streakThousands join...

New Covid cases were up from 34 a day earlier according to Beijing organising committee; police in Ottawa say anti-vaccine protesters urinated on the National War MemorialSpotify to direct listeners to accurate Covid information after Joe Rogan outcryBeijing seals off several communities over two cases of Covid-19Hospitals in England cleared to use unvaccinated health staff amid reports of Javid U-turnHarry and Meghan voice concern...

Supporters joined the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ of truck drivers in Ottawa for demonstrations against public health mandatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands held a loud but peaceful protest in Canada’s capital Ottawa against prime minister Justin Trudeau’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates, on the streets and snow-covered lawn in front of parliament.The so-called “Freedom Convoy” started out as a rally of truckers against a vaccine requirement for...

WHO Europe director says body anticipates period of quiet before potential Covid return at end of yearHalf of first-wave Covid cases may have lasting harm to sense of smellFauci: US ‘confident’ Omicron will soon peak even as hospitals struggleLong Covid: nearly 2m days lost in NHS staff absences in EnglandSurrendered Hong Kong hamster tests positive for Covid as cull continuesThat’s it from me, Helen...

Gunman shoots three Canadians in Playa del Carmen, with foreigners again caught up in drug cartel violence Three Canadian visitors have been shot by a lone gunman in their hotel in the Mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen – in an attack security officials are calling targeted and alleging involved individuals with criminal records.One of the tourists died of their injuries while being...