Going nose-to-nose with protesters, police began arresting people and towing away vehicles Friday in a bid to break the three-week siege of Canada's capital by hundreds of truckers angry over the country's COVID-19 restrictions.
Police made their first move to end the occupation late Thursday with the arrest of two key protest leaders of the traffic-snarling siege of Canada's capital.
Police in Canada say they have made 70 arrests and progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions
Hundreds of police could be seen in central Ottawa, which received more than 8 inches of snow overnight, as temperatures with wind chill hovered about -9.4 Fahrenheit.
Police in Canada say they have made dozens of arrests and progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions
Authorities in Canada say they are beginning to arrest truckers who have paralyzed traffic in Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against COVID-19 restrictions.
