Trucker convoy leaves Kingston heading for weekend rally in Ottawa
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Kingston police announced on Twitter that the last vehicles in the convoy had departed the city around 9:30 a.m. Friday.
The first trucks in a massive convoy organized to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates, especially one targeting cross-border big-rig drivers, has left Kingston, Ont., and is on its way to the Ottawa area.
Kingston police announced on Twitter that the last vehicles in the convoy had departed the city around 9:30 a.m. Friday, putting its likely arrival in the capital at around noon.
The convoy has been gaining participants and supporters as it rolls across the country from all directions for a weekend rally.
While the size of the convoy has been a source of debate, the Kingston police said they had counted 17 full tractor-trailers, 104 big rigs without trailers, 424 passenger vehicles and six recreational vehicles.
In Toronto on Thursday, crowds of people lined part of the route, waving Canadian flags and holding up signs denouncing the vaccine mandate as they cheered the truckers on.
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