The Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) was a series of protests and blockades across Canada in early 2022, initially organized to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers. The movement quickly expanded to protest all …

Jan 29, 2022 · After a week-long drive across Canada, a convoy of big rigs has arrived in the national capital to protest vaccine mandates and Covid-19 measures. Organisers insist it will be peaceful, but...

The protest, which was called the Freedom Convoy (French: Convoi de la liberté) by organizers, was "first aimed at a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers" when the convoy of hundreds of vehicles, including semi-trailers, headed towards Ottawa, Ontario the nation's capital, starting on January 22.

Nov 22, 2024 · OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — One of the most prominent figures from Canada’s trucker protests against COVID-19 restrictions in 2022 has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.

Feb 20, 2022 · The drivers were protesting new federal regulations requiring truckers crossing into Canada from the United States to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Jan 24, 2024 · In a decision released Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, a Canadian judge ruled that the government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell weeks of protests by truckers and others angry over COVID-19 restrictions in 2022 was unreasonable and unconstitutional.

Feb 17, 2022 · Thousands return to streets for second weekend of truck convoy protest. Some protesters appeared to have settled in, with bouncy castles, barbecues, wooden shacks and piles of food and fuel ...

Feb 11, 2022 · What are the protests about? The so-called Freedom Convoy protests, which began about two weeks ago in Ottawa, were sparked by a mandate that requires Canadian...

Jan 23, 2024 · The Federal Court has ruled the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act during the so-called “Freedom Convoy” that descended on Ottawa in 2022 violated the Charter of Rights and...

Feb 9, 2022 · The narrow streets of central Ottawa remain clogged with trucks and other vehicles, two weeks into a protest calling for the country's pandemic measures to be axed. How might …