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Police clear protesters around Canada's Parliament building

People participate in a protest organized by truck drivers opposing vaccine mandates on Wellington St. on Saturday in Ottawa, Ontario. Alex Kent/Getty Images hide caption

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Police clear protesters around Canada's Parliament building

February 19, 2022 • Police in Ottawa have made 170 arrests so far as they work to clear the streets in Canada's capital city. Protests against COVID-19 restrictions have spread across Canada in recent weeks.

Police arrest more than 100 protesters as they try to break siege at Canadian capital

Police officers enter a blockade protest truck parked in downtown Ottawa on Friday as they began arresting protesters. Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP hide caption

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Police arrest more than 100 protesters as they try to break siege at Canadian capital

February 18, 2022 • Police in Ottawa say they have made progress in clearing out truckers who have paralyzed Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country's COVID-19 restrictions.

Tensions rise in Ottawa as police warn truckers to leave

An officer speaks with a driver as police distribute notices to protesters on Wednesday. Police warned protesters that they could be subject to arrest and their vehicles seized as they tried to chase protesters out of the capital. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/via AP hide caption

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Tensions rise in Ottawa as police warn truckers to leave

February 16, 2022 • Big rigs parked outside Parliament represent the movement's last stronghold after demonstrators abandoned their sole remaining truck blockade along the U.S. border.

Ottawa police chief loses job for not acting decisively enough against blockade

A protester yells "freedom" towards a person who attempted to stick a paper sign on a truck criticizing the Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 measures on Monday. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/via AP hide caption

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Ottawa police chief loses job for not acting decisively enough against blockade

February 15, 2022 • Trucks rolled out of Coutts, Alberta, on Tuesday leaving just one blockade in Manitoba near the border with North Dakota.

Ottawa declares a state of emergency over truckers' growing anti-government protests

Demonstrators opposed to the Canada's COVID-19 mandates block the streets of Ottawa as they continue to protest on Saturday. Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images hide caption

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Ottawa declares a state of emergency over truckers' growing anti-government protests

February 7, 2022 • The mayor called the situation "the most serious emergency our city has ever faced." Police are ramping up enforcement as the standoff continues.