Police over the weekend cleared demonstrators from the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit in the US state of Michigan - arresting 46 people and seizing 37 vehicles.Īnd on Tuesday protesters departed a border checkpoint in Alberta, while a crossing in Manitoba was expected to reopen Wednesday, according to federal police.Ī day earlier police had swooped in and arrested about a dozen protesters with rifles, handguns, body armor and ammunition at the border between Coutts, Alberta and Sweet Grass, Montana. In the House of Commons, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino noted "significant progress" in bringing an end to border crossing demonstrations that he said were carried out by "a very small, organized group that is trying to upend our way of life." Quebec, meanwhile, joined several other provinces in announcing it would no longer require proof of Covid jabs to shop, dine in restaurants and for other indoor activities, starting next month - noting a drop in hospitalizations. "These changes are possible not only because we have passed the peak of Omicron," Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said, but because Canadians are following public health guidance "to protect themselves, their families and their communities."
In the latest move to soften the tough restrictions, federal officials announced Tuesday an easing of Covid-19 checks and rules for vaccinated travelers arriving at its borders, including no longer requiring PCR tests. The so-called "Freedom Convoy" started with truckers protesting against mandatory Covid vaccines to cross the US border, but its demands have since grown to include an end to all pandemic health rules and, for many, a wider anti-establishment agenda. Sloly had said repeatedly that he lacked the resources to remove the demonstrators safely, but in a parting statement said authorities were "now better positioned to end this occupation." He has also at various times suggested he is willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Trudeau's move marks only the second time in Canadian history such emergency powers have been invoked in peacetime.Īuthorities have until now proven unable to end the trucker movement, which has paralyzed the Canadian capital Ottawa for more than two weeks, snarling border trade with the United States and spawning copycat protests abroad.įacing intense criticism over the failure to dislodge the protesters, Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly abruptly resigned on Tuesday. President Donald Trump has threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea, if forced to defend itself or its allies.
In an incident that highlighted public concern about the North Korean threat, Hawaii officials earlier this month inadvertently sent an emergency message warning of an incoming ballistic missile, creating panic among some residents. Pyongyang has also continued to advance its ballistic missile program, in hopes of being able to threaten the United States. have spiked following Pyongyang's sixth and largest nuclear test in September. Tensions between North Korea and the U.S. North and South Korea remain in a technical state of war, since their 1950s conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. "There are actually two sets of games, and the momentum needs to be sustained and increased. "The Olympics are going to end in mid-March," and the Paralympic Games follow. The problem is how can you maintain this momentum going forward," Merrill said. The sentiment was echoed by John Merrill, visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. He has called the talks a "positive indicator," but questioned how much traction such discussions will have. But Mattis pointed out that South Korean officials have promised to limit the talks to Olympics-related topics.
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