Truckers hold their ground despite threats of crackdown
A person hangs out the side of a truck, parked during a protest against COVID-19 measures that has grown into a broader anti-government protest, in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)
By ROB GILLIES, WILSON RING and ROBERT BUMSTED Associated Press
OTTAWA, Ontario — Hundreds of truckers clogging the streets in Canada’s capital stood their ground and defiantly blasted their horns Thursday as police poured in for what the protesters feared could be an attempt to break up their nearly three-week demonstration against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions....
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