A Canadian court granted an interim injunction against anti-vaccine protesters who have been occupying downtown Ottawa. The 10-day injunction aims to stop people from honking horns as part of a class action launched on behalf of residents reut.rs/3LkFztI 1/7
Meanwhile, police in Canada's capital seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown to end an 11-day protest against federal-health measures and vaccine mandates, police said reut.rs/3HPucrz 2/7
The 'Freedom Convoy,' consisting largely of truckers, began as a movement against a Canadian vaccine requirement for cross-border drivers, and has since evolved into a rallying point against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's strict pandemic measures 3/7
Ottawa awoke to its second week of what its political and policing leaders now describe as a siege, with the Ottawa Police Chief saying the occupation has gone beyond anything he can adequately deal with reut.rs/3HPucrz 4/7
Over the weekend, thousands of people demonstrated in other Canadian cities, including Toronto, as the protests against vaccine mandates spread from the capital reut.rs/34I6mze 5/7
On Sunday Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency to help deal with an unprecedented occupation that has shut down much of the core of the Canadian capital reut.rs/34IuCks 6/7
South of the border, some U.S. Republicans vowed to investigate GoFundMe's decision to take down a page accepting donations for the protesting truck drivers in Canada, after police said the blockade has relied partly on funding from U.S. sympathizers reut.rs/3LhlVhT 7/7
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