Tag: #Ottawa
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Canada: Police begin clearing demonstrators blocking bridge linking Canada to US
Canadian police say they are enforcing a court order to clear protesters occupying a key bridge on the Canada-US border, after a judge granted an injunction to end the blockade by people opposing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
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Canada police threaten to clamp down as trucker protests continue
The “Freedom Convoy” consisting largely of truckers began as a movement against a Canadian vaccine requirement for cross-border drivers. But it has since evolved into a rallying point against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s strict measures to fight the pandemic
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High Commission in Ottawa, Consulates hold E-Katchehry with Pakistani Diaspora in Canada
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 (APP):The High Commission for Pakistan in Ottawa along with Consul Generals in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver held an E-Katchehry with members of the Pakistani community in Canada on Thursday. High Commissioner for Pakistan in Canada Raza Bashir Tarar made the opening and concluding remarks while Consul General in Toronto Abdul Hameed moderated…
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Police in Canada clears rail blockade
Ottawa, Feb 25 (AFP/APP):Canadian police Tuesday cleared out indigenous protesters blocking a key east-west rail artery for nearly three weeks to protest a pipeline, causing major disruptions to the economy. The protesters, confronting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with a political crisis, had mounted the blockade on a Canadian National Railway line east of Toronto and…
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Lab results of 15 million Canadians hacked
Ottawa, Dec 18 (AFP/APP): Privacy watchdogs have launched an investigation into a hack of health records, which a laboratory said Tuesday may have compromised data on up to 15 million Canadians or nearly half the population. LifeLabs, which does blood work and other tests across Canada, said in a letter to customers that their names,…
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Liberal star dimmed by scandals
Canada’s Justin Trudeau’s image being blotted by lapses and scandals
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Dorian makes landfall near Halifax, Canada as dangerous cyclone
Ottawa, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):Dorian made landfall in Canada on Saturday night south of Halifax with ferocious 100 mph (155 kph) winds and torrential rains, meteorologists said, toppling trees and whipping up debris. The storm churned up 65-foot (20-meter) waves which pounded the coast near the port city that is home to Canada’s Atlantic fleet. As…