‘There’s no tow trucks that can touch us’: Canada truckers hold their ground despite threats of police crackdown
• 3 years agoThe truckers in the self-styled Freedom Convoy appear unmoved by days of warnings from police and the government that they were risking arrest and could see their rigs seized and bank accounts frozen
Canada’s Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests
• 3 years agoFor more than two weeks, thousands of protesters in trucks and other vehicles have clogged the streets of Ottawa, the capital, and besieged Parliament Hill, railing against vaccine mandates for truckers and other COVID-19 precautions
Violence in Paris over Freedom Convoy: How Canada truckers’ protests travelled to France
Fp Staff • 3 years agoLast week, hundreds of motorists from all over France started off in a version of Canada’s 'Freedom Convoys' to protest against the country’s coronavirus mandates. The aim was to reach Paris and call for removal of COVID-19 vaccine pass mandate to travel
EXPLAINER: A look at what's behind the protests in Canada
• 3 years agoFor two weeks, downtown streets in Ottawa have been snarled by a convoy of semis and other vehicles as protesters rail against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Canadian trucker protests add stress to North American car industry by sidelining key auto industry transport route
• 3 years agoSeveral leading automakers said they have reduced production and cut labour shifts due to the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor, Canada with the US city of Detroit
How Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ spirit traversed oceans to plunge New Zealand into anti-COVID protests
Fp Staff • 3 years agoNew Zealand Police clashed with protesters who have been camping outside Parliament for the past three days agitating against coronavirus vaccine mandates imposed by Jacinda Ardern
Justin Trudeau moved to secret location as protests against anti-COVID rules gain momentum
• 3 years agoA protest dubbed as 'Freedom Convoy' against a vaccine requirement for cross-border truckers has grown into a large demonstration against the Canadian prime minister’s coronavirus regulations