Tag: Protests
Millionaire who gave ‘Freedom Convoy’ $25K tapped federal COVID funds
A London business owner who donated $25,000 to a protest against Canada’s COVID-19 measures received federal government pandemic subsidies for at least four of his businesses.
St. Thomas man charged with assaulting PM arrested in Ottawa
A former People’s Party of Canada official charged with throwing rocks at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a London campaign stop says in a video that’s gone viral that he’s been arrested in Ottawa.
Is another Ambassador Bridge border blockade possible?
Windsor police and leadership remain wary of a return of the Ambassador Bridge blockade. “There are still people that we are concerned about.”
Sims: Warwick mayor picks lane few politicians have travelled in protests
Jackie Rombouts is finding out how uncomfortable it is in the middle of a political firestorm. “It’s really tough right now to be a politician. I’m not going to demonize anybody. We’re all doing the best that we can with the tools that we have,” said the mayor of tiny Warwick Township in Lambton County. […]
Rural ratepayers off hook for extra Highway 402 protest policing: OPP
Rural municipalities near the now-dismantled Highway 402 blockade west of London won’t be on the hook for extra police response to the anti-restriction protest, provincial police say. Though Warwick Township, where the protest took place, and neighbouring municipalities have a policing contract with the OPP, the enforcement cost of the anti-restriction demonstration won’t be passed […]
$25K donation to Ottawa protest ‘about freedom’: London businessman
One anti-hate group says the protest is entangled with insurrection and racism.
Local taxpayers will pay police bill rung up due to Hwy. 402 blockade
Local taxpayers in the communities around the section of Highway 402 blocked for days by protesters will pay for the extra police costs incurred during the six-day shutdown, officials say. Warwick Township, population 3,600, is located where the 402 was blocked by about 20 farm vehicles until Monday. At a council meeting, politicians were told […]
Local mayor won’t denounce Hwy. 402 blockade as it stretches into Day 6
WARWICK TOWNSHIP – A mayor who’s publicly backed the Ottawa occupation is refusing to call for an end to the anti-government blockade of a major highway in her community, which will stretch into its sixth day Monday.
Cornies: Self-serving protesters, bungled response strain nation’s fabric
The Canadian project has always been part pragmatism and part aspiration, stitched together by goodwill and tolerance.
Judge grants injunction against Ambassador Bridge blockade
Protesters blockading the Ambassador Bridge had until 7 p.m. Friday to move out or face arrest after a Superior Court justice granted an injunction to end the occupation that shut down the country’s busiest border crossing.