Protests against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions have spread to cities across Canada in a show of solidarity with week-long demonstrations in Ottawa, the national capital.
Toronto police set up road blocks throughout downtown, preventing any protesters in trucks or cars from getting near the provincial legislature which is near where five major hospitals are located.
Police forces in those cities say they have learned lessons from Ottawa’s predicament and have developed strategies designed to protect key infrastructure, such as vital traffic corridors and hospitals, and also prevent possible violence. “He wasn’t really for or against either of the general views,” Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson Const. Rob Carver.
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