Category: Ottawa

Ottawa Police Chief Takes Credit for Trucker Convoy GoFundMe Cancellation

The chief of police in Ottawa says his efforts and those of the city are behind the cancellation of the GoFundMe campaign in support of the Freedom Convoy. Chief Peter Sloly outlined the enforcement actions taken so far against the protesters in a press conference on Feb. 7 and said these actions were responsible for…


Video: Protesters Walk Around With Empty Fuel Containers After Ottawa Police Threaten Arrest

OTTAWA—After Ottawa police warned that those bringing fuel to the protest site at Parliament Hill could be arrested, some protesters on Feb. 7 started walking around the site with empty fuel containers. “People got arrested last night for moving fuel, the diesel got confiscated. That’s not right, so this is our protest,” said Ian, who…


Ottawa Mayor Asks Feds to Appoint Mediator to Broker With Truck Convoy Protesters

Ottawa’s mayor is calling on the federal government to appoint a mediator to help end the truckers’ convoy protest taking place in the city against federal COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. Mayor Jim Watson told CTV News that he has suggested to federal ministers that they appoint a mediator who could be “an honest broker on both sides…


Canadians ‘Deliberately Misled’ by Government and Media on Diversity of Truck Protest, Professor Says

Canadians are being deliberately misled by the Trudeau government and their “arms in the media” on the large diversity of supporters of the trucker convoy demonstration in Ottawa, an academic says. Since the “Freedom Convoy” converged in Canada’s capital on Jan. 29 to protest federal vaccine mandates and other pandemic-related policies, supporters say the movement…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Feb. 07)

Canadian truckers and the country’s government are at an impasse. We have the latest on Ottawa’s efforts to get the trucks out of downtown, and what protest organizers are saying. Some U.S. politicians are taking flack for being caught maskless. Two were seen without a mask near children whose faces were covered. And New York…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Feb. 7)

Canadian truckers and the country’s government are at an impasse. We have the latest on Ottawa’s efforts to get the trucks out of downtown, and what protest organizers are saying. Some U.S. politicians are taking flack for being caught maskless. Two were seen without a mask near children whose faces were covered. And New York…


Freedom Convoy Organizer Says Removal of GoFundMe Donations Result of Government Interference

OTTAWA—An organizer with the Freedom Convoy protest says the seizure of C$10 million (US$8 million) in donations for the truckers by GoFundMe was due to government interference. “It was clearly direct interference from the government to cancel this campaign,” Benjamin Dichter said at a press conference in Ottawa on Feb. 6. On Feb. 4, GoFundMe said…


Republican AGs Pledge to Investigate GoFundMe After Trucker Fundraiser Taken Down

Several Republican attorneys general on Saturday vowed to investigate GoFundMe’s move to take down a fundraiser for protesting truck drivers in Ottawa, Canada. Along with Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey signaled that they would be looking into the matter. “My office will be looking…


GoFundMe Says It Will Automatically Refund All Donations to Trucker Convoy; Florida to Investigate

The GoFundMe fundraising platform said Feb. 5 it will automatically refund donations made to a trucker convoy in Canada protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates after backlash. GoFundMe said Friday it was preventing the funds from going to organizers of the Freedom Convoy and would instead send the money to “established charities verified by GoFundMe.” The justification…


GoFundMe Says All Donations to Trucker Convoy Will Be Automatically Refunded; Florida to Investigate

The GoFundMe fundraising platform said Feb. 5 it will automatically refund donations made to a trucker convoy in Canada protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates after backlash. GoFundMe said Friday it was preventing the funds from going to organizers of the Freedom Convoy and would instead send the money to “established charities verified by GoFundMe.” The justification…