Police move in on Alberta protesters, issue warnings in Ottawa
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With the country heading into two straight weeks of Freedom Convoy demonstrations, police attempted to strengthen their message Wednesday with officers coming face-to-face with protesters in Alberta and issuing renewed warnings to those in Ottawa.
The Ottawa Police Service issued a notice to protesters, saying they may arrest those blocking streets in the downtown core and seize vehicles.
Protesters and supporters of the Freedom Convoy have amassed in the city's downtown over the last thirteen days, calling for an end to vaccine mandates and pandemic restrictions.
The movement has made headlines around the world and sparked similar protests across Canada and in other countries.
Despite calls for them to leave and a temporary court injunction against the convoy’s excessive noise, demonstrators remain committed with one organizer saying that "morale on the ground" in Ottawa has not changed and truckers encamped are "upbeat."
A Toronto-area woman who was defrauded out of $158,000 in a roofing scam over the summer received about half her money back following a tip from a CTV News viewer.
It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.
Facing criticism for requiring health care workers with two jobs within the public system to choose one to comply with labour laws, Santé Québec has announced a one-year extension to the transition period.
The consortium responsible for building Ottawa's new north-south line, TransitNext, says it is ready for the City of Ottawa to begin the final phase of approvals before opening the line to the public.
Former Saskatchewan Party MLA Greg Lawrence has been sentenced to 12 months probation – after pleading guilty to one count of assault.
Several thousand British Columbians remain in the dark Wednesday morning after a windstorm known as a bomb cyclone slammed coastal communities.
A man who plead guilty to a double stabbing in 2015 will soon be out on statutory release, but he'll have to follow some strict conditions set out by the parole board.
A school bus hit parked vehicles and pushed one into a Middle Sackville, N.S., home Wednesday afternoon.
A four-month-old baby is dead after what Toronto police are calling a “suspicious incident” at a Toronto Community Housing building in the city’s midtown area on Wednesday afternoon.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced embattled minister Randy Boissonnault is out of cabinet.
A London father and son they’re shocked and confused after their home was riddled with bullets while young children were sleeping inside.