Todd Crawford
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...
Ottawa Bans Honking, Jerry Cans Become a Symbol of Dissent as Freedom Convoy Continues Protest
On Feb. 7 a Canadian judge issued a 10-day injunction banning protesting truckers and their supporters from honking their horns in downtown Ottawa. Justice Hugh McLean of the Ottawa Superior Court said on Monday, “Tooting...
Freedom Convoy’s Second Crowdfunding Campaign Reaches $6-Million, Shows no Signs of Slowdown
Following the shutdown of the “Freedom Convoy 2022” GoFundMe campaign, that raised in excess of $10.1 million in donations in support of Canada’s Freedom Convoy, organisers with the Freedom Convoy were quick to open another...
Freedom Convoy Shuts Down Busiest North American Border Crossing
North America’s busiest border crossing was shut down on Monday Feb. 7, after scores of truckers, protesting COVID-19 measures they say are government “overreach”, blocked the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. Demonstrators...
Facebook and Instagram May Shut Down Across Europe
Meta, the parent company for social media giants Facebook and Instagram, is threatening to shutdown service across Europe should the company not be granted the ability to transfer, store and process data from its European...
Israeli Scientists Restore Mobility in Paralyzed Mice, Seek Human Clinical Trials
Israeli scientists have successfully restored mobility in paralyzed mice by giving them a spinal cord implant and they believe that they are less than three years away from conducting clinical trials that could see mobility...