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Protestors gather near a police line in downtown Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. Police arrested scores of demonstrators and towed away vehicles Friday in Canada's besieged capital, as streams of trucks started leaving under the pressure, raising authorities' hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country's COVID-19 restrictions. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian police clear Parliament street to end siege

By Rob Gillies and Robert Bumsted - Associated Press

Protestors and supporters gather to listen to speakers, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Ottawa, Ontario, as a demonstrations against COVID-19 measures has grown into a broader anti-government protest. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian police start arresting protesters in Ottawa

By Rob Gillies, Wilson Ring and Robert Bumsted - Associated Press

A man dances to music at a protest encampment where demonstrators have gathered to decry the country's COVID-19 restrictions outside the Canadian parliament in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

Truckers hold their ground despite threats of crackdown

By Rob Gillies and Wilson Ring and Robert Bumsted - Associated Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks about the implementation of the Emergencies Act, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022 in Ottawa. Police poured into downtown Ottawa on Thursday in what truckers feared was a prelude to a crackdown on their nearly three-week, street-clogging protest against Canada's COVID-19 restrictions. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

EDITORIAL: Trudeau’s reprehensible vilification of Freedom Convoy truckers

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Ontario Provincial Police officers walk in front of the ongoing trucker blockade protest in Ottawa, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Hundreds of truckers clogging the streets of Canada's capital city in a protest against COVID-19 restrictions are bracing for a possible police crackdown. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

House GOP urges Biden to lift COVID-19 vaccine mandate at border as Freedom Convoy continues

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A man is arrested by police as protesters and supporters gather as a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest continues to occupy downtown Ottawa, Ontario, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian police arrest leaders of ‘Freedom Convoy’

By Rob Gillies and Wilson Ring and Robert Bumsted - Associated Press

A protester walk past parked trucks with a baby carriage, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian truckers defy PM Trudeau, remain entrenched in Ottawa

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A police officer walks between parked trucks as he distributes a notice to protesters, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 in Ottawa. Ottawas police chief was ousted Tuesday amid criticism of his inaction against the trucker protests that have paralyzed Canada's capital for over two weeks, while the number of blockades maintained by demonstrators at the U.S. border dropped to just one. (Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via AP)

Police warn Ottawa truckers to leave or face arrest, but protesters remain defiant

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A protester yells &quot;freedom&quot; towards a person who attempted to stick a paper sign on a truck criticizing the so called &quot;Freedom Convoy,&quot; a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, on its 18th day, in Ottawa, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa police chief resigns amid trucker protest in capital

By Rob Gillies and Ted Shaffrey - Associated Press

Police officers hold a line as protesters against COVID-19 restrictions march in Windsor, Ont., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. The demonstrations at the Ambassador Bridge, downtown Ottawa and elsewhere have targeted vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions and vented fury toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has called the protesters a “fringe” of Canadian society. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Official: Justin Trudeau to invoke emergency powers to quell COVID protests

By Rob Gillies and Ted Shaffrey - Associated Press

Don Stephens, 65, a retired graphic designer, holds a sign on Parliament Hill to support trucks lined up in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. Stephens said he’s come into Ottawa twice to show support for protesters there. He views them as representatives of a “silent majority that had been longing to have their voice heard.” (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Ontario drops vaccine proof, protests persist

By Rob Gillies and Ted Shaffrey - Associated Press

Washington Capitals goaltender Ilya Samsonov (30) stops the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Ottawa Senators, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Capitals’ dominance over Senators ends in fifth straight home loss

By Ian Quillen - Associated Press

Police officers hold a line as protesters against COVID-19 restrictions march in Windsor, Ont., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. The demonstrations at the Ambassador Bridge, downtown Ottawa and elsewhere have targeted vaccine mandates and other coronavirus restrictions and vented fury toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has called the protesters a “fringe” of Canadian society. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Police arrest protesters who remained at U.S.-Canada bridge

By Rob Gillies and Corey Williams - Associated Press

Truckers and demonstrators gather during a protest against COVID-19 restrictions, in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Bystanders object as man arrested for car-honking in Ottawa in support of trucker protest

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Trucks and supporters travel down Bloor Street during a demonstration in support of a trucker convoy in Ottawa protesting COVID-19 restrictions, in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency over truckers clogging Canada’s capital

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

People gather in protest against COVID-19 mandates and in support of a protest against COVID-19 restrictions taking place in Ottawa, in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada pushes back against GOP support for truckers, COVID protests

By Rob Gillies and Tracey Lindeman - Associated Press

People walk in front of trucks parked on Wellington Street as they join a rally against COVID-19 restrictions on Parliament Hill, which began as a cross-country convoy protesting a federal vaccine mandate for truckers, in Ottawa, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

GoFundMe page for protesting Canadian truckers nears $10M

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Protesters and supporters against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers cheer as a parade of trucks and vehicles pass through Kakabeka Falls outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (David Jackson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto crowd cheers anti-vaccine trucker convoy

Associated Press

Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie (77) celebrates his hat trick goal against the Ottawa Senators with right wing Anthony Mantha (39) and defenseman Dmitry Orlov (9) during second-period NHL hockey game action in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Oshie’s hat trick lifts Capitals over Senators, 7-5

Associated Press

Jamieson Kane puts down tobacco as a tribute to all the victims of the residential school system as he walks among children's shoes outside St. Francis Xavier Church in Kahnawake, Quebec, Sunday, May 30, 2021. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada lowers flags to honor residential school children

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press