Todd Crawford
Freedom Convoy: RCMP Make Arrests at Coutts Border Crossing, Seize Firearms, Body Armour
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) tweeted on Feb. 14 that they have made several arrests at the Coutts border-crossing in southern Alberta where a blockade of trucks have been impeding the regular flow of...
Trudeau Poised to Invoke Emergencies Act on Peaceful Protesters, Canadians React
On Monday, Feb. 14, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Canada’s state-funded media outlet, reported that Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, told his caucus that he plans on invoking the “never-before-used Emergencies Act to give the...
Facing Nationwide Dissent, Another Canadian Province Announces Plan to End COVID-19 Restrictions
Another Canadian province, Manitoba, has announced that it will be speeding up the removal of public health orders in the province and plans to have all orders, including proof of vaccination requirements and mask mandates,...
The Truckers Are Winning; Changes to COVID-19 Border Measures to Be Announced Next Week
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the Canadian federal government will announce changes to COVID-19 measures at Canada’s borders next week, National Newswatch reported. . Truckers, who have gridlocked the parliament district in Canada’s capital, Ottawa,...
120 Convoy Protesters Arrested at New Zealand’s Parliament
On Thursday, Feb. 10, following three days of protests on the grounds of New Zealand’s parliament, inspired by the ongoing Freedom Convoy protests currently gripping Canada, Wellington Police arrested more than 120 protesters, ABC News...
Ontario Government Attempts to Freeze Freedom Convoy’s GiveSendGo Campaign
The Ontario government, led by conservative Doug Ford, says it has effectively frozen all donations made to the Freedom Convoy through their second crowdfunding campaign launched with GiveSendGo. Reportedly, it is now a criminal offence...
Plurality of Canadians Support Freedom Convoy Protests, Poll Shows
Almost 30 percent of Canadians outright support the Freedom Convoy protests currently gripping Canada, with 44 percent expressing sympathy with the frustrations voiced by protesters, a new poll indicates. The Leger survey polled 1,546 adults...
Freedom Convoy Protesters Take Their Voices to the Ottawa International Airport
Protesters, in support of the Freedom Convoy currently grid locking downtown Ottawa disrupted the normal operations of the Ottawa International Airport for approximately 2-hours on Thursday morning by driving their vehicles around the arrival and...
Freedom Convoy Braces for Possible State Violence
As ongoing protests continue to rage in Ottawa and across Canada with multiple convoys of trucks blocking numerous border crossings and gridlocking downtown Ottawa, truckers on the ground in Canada’s capital are bracing for state...
Two Liberal MPs Break With Trudeau, Call the Party’s Approach to Managing the Pandemic ‘Divisive’
In a rare display of internal dissent within Canada’s ruling Liberal Party, Liberal MP Joël Lightbound, at a press conference, blasted his government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the government’s pandemic response has become...
‘Like Hired Goons’: Calgary Police Officer Decries Ottawa Police Services’ Treatment of Freedom Convoy Protests
A police officer who has served with the Calgary Police Services in Alberta, Canada for ten years and who also served with Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for six years has spoken out over...
Following Numerous Other States, Hochul to Lift Mask Mandate for NY Businesses
On Feb. 9 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that effective Thursday, Feb. 10 the state wide mask mandate for businesses will be lifted but will remain optional for counties, cities and businesses that chose...