{"id":244215,"date":"2022-02-14T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=244215"},"modified":"2022-02-20T12:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T18:53:50","slug":"ambassador-bridge-in-windsor-ont-clearing-peacefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=244215","title":{"rendered":"Key bridge reopens as Ottawa protest persists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Key US-Canada bridge reopens as Ottawa protest persists<\/strong>\u00a0 from AP\u00a0 Feb 14, 2022 8:00 AM<\/p>\n

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WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) \u2014 The busiest U.S.-Canada border crossing is open after protesters demonstrating against COVID-19 measures blocked it for nearly a week, but a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa, persists as city residents seethed over authorities\u2019 inability to reclaim the streets. Demonstrations against COVID-19 restrictions and other issues, have blocked several crossings along the U.S.-Canada border and hurt the economies of both nations. Police in Windsor, Ontario, arrested 25 to 30 protesters and towed several vehicles Sunday near the Ambassador Bridge, which reopened to traffic late Sunday night. A senior government official told The Associated Press that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet virtually with the leaders of Canada\u2019s provinces on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Blockades on Canada-US border continue, protests swell<\/strong> : updated as of Feb 12, 2022 7:46 PM<\/p>\n

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WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) \u2014 Protesters opposed to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions have withdrawn their vehicles from a key U.S.-Canadian border bridge but ramped up demonstrations in cities across Canada. That includes the capital, where police say they are awaiting reinforcements before ending what they described as an illegal occupation. The tense standoff at the bridge eased somewhat in the morning when police persuaded demonstrators to move the trucks they had used to barricade the busy crossing. But protesters reconvened nearby \u2014 with reinforcements \u2014 and were still choking off access from the Canadian side as night fell, snarling traffic and commerce for a sixth day. Similarly inspired protests were seen Saturday in France and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Previously at 12:12pm Feb 12 . . .<\/p>\n

Canada border blockade clearing peacefully as police move in<\/strong> . . . from AP Feb 12 at 12:12 PM<\/p>\n

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WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) \u2014 A tense standoff at a U.S.-Canadian border crossing , the Ambassador Bridge, crucial to both countries\u2019 economies appears to be dissolving peacefully as Canadian police move in to disperse the nearly weeklong protest and demonstrators begin leaving without resistance.<\/p>\n

Protesters had spent the night at the busiest crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, in a blockade that has disrupted the flow of traffic and goods and forced the auto industry on both sides to roll back production. Protests against pandemic restrictions in Canada have reverberated outside the country: Similarly inspired protests were seen in France and the Netherlands on Saturday, in addition to one launched earlier this week in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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