Anti-Vax Truckers Blockade Busy US Border Crossing As Protests Enter 5th Day At Parliament In Ottawa [VIDEO]

February 1, 2022 Coronavirus, Covidiots

CTV News reports:

Protesters have been bringing in fuel and supplies to those who are hunkered down in their vehicles Tuesday, while others have been seen playing street hockey throughout the day.

Buttons and badges that were offered for sale at the convoy Tuesday included those with “mask exemption” messaging, offensive imagery and other anti-mandate language. Some child care centres remain closed in the downtown area, and at least one vaccine clinic has shut its doors due to the protest Tuesday, for the fifth day in a row.

Some residents in Ottawa have reported being challenged on wearing masks by protesters and being assaulted while walking in their neighbourhoods. Many businesses in the downtown core will remain closed in light of the protest.

The BBC reports:

Tensions are rising at one of the US-Canada border’s busiest ports of entry over a vehicle blockade that has halted traffic and disrupted services. The demonstration is tied to the ongoing nationwide “Freedom Convoy” protests over Canada’s new restrictions on unvaccinated cross-border truckers.

Some motorists and area residents have reportedly been stuck in standstill since the protest began on Saturday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Alberta said the event was “unlawful”. They said extensive efforts to negotiate with protest organisers had failed.

The line-up of trucks in Alberta extends for several miles along the main Highway 4 into the border village of Coutts. Mayor Jim Willett said the protest was blocking residents’ access to the grocery store and the gas station, and playing havoc with mail delivery and school bus pickups.

The Toronto Star reports:



Anyone standing with his back to the border in the howling winds and blowing snow would come face to face with the headlights of vehicles, two abreast, blocking the highway as far as the eye could see.

Big rigs were also parked horizontally, blocking traffic in both directions. Between lanes, other vehicles and campers were parked haphazardly in the median. Some vehicles were occupied, engines idling, exhaust fumes swirling in the icy wind.

Others sat silent and empty, their drivers seeking comfort and coffee in the nearby Smugglers Saloon. Mounties said late Monday they had been negotiating without success to end the illegal protest and were prepared to make arrests and tow vehicles if necessary.

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