Judge grants injunction against noise, idling, fireworks in Ottawa

An Ontario judge has granted an injunction to enforce noise and idling bylaws in Ottawa.

City solicitor David White requested the injunction Friday, saying the protesters were flagrantly violating bylaws against relentless noise, idling of trucks, setting off fireworks, and open air fires.

The injunction, which does not have an end date, was designed to give the police and bylaw officers an extra tool to enforce city bylaws, lawyers acting for the city of Ottawa said Monday.

The Attorney General's office intervened in the court hearing to make it clear that the injunction would also apply to federal property in Canada's capital city.

The protest by antigovernment demonstrators blockading city streets around Parliament Hill is now in its third week and has spread to several Canada-U.S. border crossings.