A trucker talks to supporters. After Ottawa Police handed out papers telling the truckers to leave or face arrest there was no movement on Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. (Steve Russell/Getty Images) Now that Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” has come to an end, we’re wondering: was this protest really a working-class movement? … Read more
Canadian officials declared an end to the crisis at a vital US-Canadian border crossing Sunday. CBS News Homeland Security and Justice reporter Nicole Sganga joins CBS News’ Lana Zak to discuss the crisis and its consequences for both countries and the possibility of similar protests, including some that US officials warn could emerge in California … Read more
A White House official said the Biden administration is coordinating with Canadian officials to establish alternate traffic routes, while pressing the Canadian government to resolve the dispute through federal powers. The person also said administration officials are in touch with US auto companies, agricultural groups and other affected industries. But privately, other White House and … Read more
Thousands of Canadian truckers are continuing to occupy the nation’s capital, defying orders from the Government to disperse. The ‘freedom convoy’ which left for Ottawa on January 23 is led by a self-confessed conspiracy theorist and Canada Unity leader, James Bauder. Bauder has endorsed the QAnon movement, a group described as a far right cult … Read more
Here are four takeaways on what poll results portend for Canada: Protesters show their support for the Freedom Convoy truck drivers who are protesting against Covid-19 vaccine mandates by the Canadian government. | Arthur Mola/Invision/AP Ideology to heat up climate debate, again With the federal Conservatives in the throes of another federal leadership race, expect … Read more
Police in Canada’s capital said on Monday they had seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end an 11-day protest against Covid-19 measures, adding truck and protester numbers had fallen significantly. The protest, which has gridlocked Ottawa, has been largely peaceful but ear-splitting horn blaring … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisMike Ehrmann/Getty Images GoFundMe shut down a fundraiser for a Canadian protest over cross-border trucker vaccine mandates. GoFundMe on Friday said it would work with organizers to redistribute the funds to other charities. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called that plan “fraud” saying he’d investigate “deceptive practices.” gov. Ron DeSantis said he would … Read more
speaking at a virtual news conference Monday, Trudeau said he believed that many of the demonstrators did not represent truckers or “the vast majority of Canadians.” He also revealed that he had tested positive for Covid-19. In the days before the protest, Trudeau said that the convoy represented only a “small fringe minority,” and that … Read more
Bone-chilling ice figures in the shape of the Grim Reaper appeared outside a Canadian man’s lakefront home earlier this month. The story grew more unsettling when Ben Tucci, 65, of Dunnville, Ontario showed pictures of the ghastly ice formations to his daughter, the Mirror reports. She told her dad they look like two spirits who … Read more