Category: Ottawa

Prohibiting Biker Convoy From Downtown Ottawa Is Unconstitutional: Legal Advocacy Group

A legal advocacy group says the City of Ottawa’s move to prevent Rolling Thunder biker convoy participants from accessing a designated downtown area with their vehicles this weekend is unconstitutional. “We write to caution the City that its intention to enforce a ‘motor vehicle exclusion zone’ would be a gravely unjustified and unlawful restriction on…


Police Say Woman Who Stood on Tomb of Unknown Soldier Not Associated With Convoy Truckers, Won’t be Charged

Ottawa police say the woman who stood on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the first day of the trucker protest is not associated with the Freedom Convoy truckers. Police say she is unlikely to re-offend and won’t be charged. “A woman who resides out of province was identified. She was spoken to, showed…


US Trade Representative Katherine Tai to Visit Counterpart Mary Ng in Ottawa

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel north of the border next week to meet with her Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng. Tai’s office says the ambassador will hold two days of meetings May 5-6 with Ng, Canada’s international trade minister, in Ottawa and Toronto. The pair will talk with stakeholders, visit local businesses and discuss…


Minister Repeats False Claim Convoy Protesters Were Linked to Ottawa Arson

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino repeated the false claim that Freedom Convoy protesters were linked to an Ottawa arson incident as he spoke during a meeting of the joint committee reviewing the invocation of the Emergencies Act. Mendicino made the comments on April 26 after Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi asked if he recalled the convoy…


Biker Convoy a ‘Go’ in Ottawa as City Councillor Concerned About ‘Trojan Horse’

A day after the Ottawa police announced it would not allow vehicle-based protests to enter the downtown area, the organizer of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle convoy said the event will still take place this coming weekend. “Rolling Thunder Ottawa is still a go,” said organizer Neil Sheard in an April 25 video, indicating he’s been…


Biker Convoy a ‘Go’ in Ottawa, Organizer Says, as City Councillor Concerned About ‘Trojan Horse’

A day after the Ottawa police announced it would not allow vehicle-based protests to enter the downtown area, the organizer of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle convoy said the event will still take place this coming weekend. “Rolling Thunder Ottawa is still a go,” said organizer Neil Sheard in an April 25 video, indicating he’s been…


Ottawa Police Says It Will Ban Planned Bike Convoy From City Core

Ottawa Police Service says it will prevent a motorcycle convoy dubbed Rolling Thunder from accessing the city’s downtown core. “We will not allow for unsafe or unlawful conditions that could lead to another unlawful protest as seen in February,” says an April 25 statement from the Ottawa Police Service (OPS). “As a result of the…


City of Ottawa Reclaims Some of the $558,000 Stolen in Fraud Scam

The City of Ottawa says it will reclaim at least some of the funds that were stolen after the local Salvation Army homeless shelter was targeted by fraudsters. Last week, city treasurer Wendy Stephanson announced the city had been defrauded out of $558,000 after staff noticed an irregularity related to a payment made to a…


Quebec Premier Warns Ottawa Against Unilateral Action to Protect Province’s Caribou

Ottawa is threatening to act unilaterally to protect caribou in Quebec, a move that Premier François Legault said Tuesday would be interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction. In an April 8 letter, federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault gave the Quebec government until April 20 to provide him with information about its plan to protect…


Investigation Into Ottawa Horse Trampling Incident Closed as Injury Deemed Not Serious

The woman that was knocked down by mounted police during the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa was not seriously injured, said Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) on April 4, hence closing its investigation of the matter. The SIU said in a press release the decision to terminate the investigation was made after interviewing the woman,…