The man on the left, Jeff, says support from the “south” is coming. “Stand your ground, please don’t leave,” Ottawa convoy organizers plead to Coutts, AB truckers in overnight YouTube video. Canadian police arrest 11 people with massive weapons cache at ‘Freedom Convoy’ protestĬanadian police have arrested 11 people after they found a massive weapons cache at the US- Canada border within a smaller group aligned with the “Freedom Convoy” protest against vaccine mandates for truckers and other Covid-19 public health restrictions.Īlberta Police said in a statement that they “recently became aware of a small organized group within the larger” protest blocking the border crossing in Coutts, which borders Montana in the northwestern US. “If the allegations are accurate, this is wrong, and it goes against CAF values and ethics,” Major-General Steve Boivin, commander of the Canadian Special Operations Forces, said in a statement. It is not clear if they directly participated in the protests in downtown Ottawa.Ī report in the Ottawa Citizen that two of those under investigation are part of the JTF2 assault team, the elite counterterrorism unit of the Canadian Forces, has also been confirmed by the network. The Canadian Armed Forces have acknowledged that at least six active soldiers are under investigation after they showed support for the protest against vaccine mandates and other Covid-19 measures, CBC News reports. Ottawa residents furious about trucker protestsĪctive soldiers under investigation for protest support Police arrest 11 people with weapons cache at ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest

The most important trade route - the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, to Detroit - was reopened on Sunday. For over two weeks, thousands of protesters in trucks and other vehicles have clogged the streets of Ottawa and blocked various US-Canadian border crossings.

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