MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell will send pillows to the Freedom Convoy protesters, and says he’s “got a little problem” with Justin Trudeau MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, an outspoken conservative, pledged on Saturday to provide pillows to the truckers protesting against coronavirus restrictions in Canada. Lindell said he has a personal grudge against Canadian Prime Minister […]
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WATCH Canadian truckers defy court injunction, maintain border blockade
Anti-vaccine mandate truckers refused to back down despite the threat of impending arrests and fines Canadian protesters opposing Covid-19 curbs and vaccine mandates have defied a court injunction and government warnings to maintain their days-long blockade of the Ambassador Bridge, which has paralyzed trade and traffic at the busiest land border crossing into the US. […]
Judge orders truckers to end US-Canada border blockade
“Freedom Convoy” protesters have a deadline to disperse from Ambassador Bridge on US-Canada border or face arrest Truckers and other protesters demonstrating on the bridge between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan have until 7 pm local time to leave or face being arrested and having their vehicles seized, the Ontario Superior Court said on Friday. Chief Justice […]
Mayor reveals plan to deal with truckers blocking US-Canada bridge
Protesters are willing to “die” for their cause, says Windsor, Ontario mayor Trying to forcibly remove truckers blockading the busiest US-Canadian border crossing at Ambassador Bridge could lead to violence and even death, the mayor of Windsor, Ontario cautioned on Wednesday, while his police chief called for a “diplomatic” approach. “You have a number of […]
Police threaten to arrest protesting truckers
Ottawa police tells protesting Canadian truckers they will be fined or arrested and their trucks seized Police in the Canadian capital of Ottawa have threatened the “Freedom Convoy” protesters on Wednesday with fines, arrests and seizure of their trucks if they do not stop their “mischief.” The truckers demand an end to vaccine mandates and […]
Canadian judge silences protesting truckers
Freedom convoy participants ordered to keep horns silent at all hours A judge in Ottawa has issued a 10-day injunction order for some parts of the Canadian capital, which requires truckers not to use their horns as an act of protest. This will not infringe on their right to protest against mandatory vaccination against Covid-19, […]
Elon Musk slams GoFundMe over protesting truckers
The billionaire compared the fundraising platform to ‘professional thieves’ after it froze donations for Freedom Convoy 2022 Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted a meme on Saturday, calling US-based fundraising platform GoFundMe “professional thieves.” Musk also posted a screenshot of the platform’s 2020 tweet promoting a campaign to raise money for farming inside the […]
Truckers’ border blockade declared ‘not peaceful’
While officers cleared away some vehicles, protesters reportedly set up “secondary blockades” Police in Alberta, Canada have moved to end a days-long blockade at the border with the US, organized by truckers in protest of vaccine mandates in both countries, but failed to break up the demonstration. Alberta’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said it […]
Truckers blockade US-Canada border
Alberta dispatched heavily armed police to break up ‘unlawful’ protest Authorities in the Canadian province of Alberta have dispatched heavily armed police units to disperse the blockade of a border crossing with the US state of Montana by truckers disgruntled with Covid-19 vaccine mandates. Scores of Canadian truckers blocked the border crossing between Coutts, Alberta […]
Trudeau reappears to denounce ‘Freedom Convoy’ truckers
PM vows not to give in to ‘Nazi symbolism, racist imagery’ of protesting Canadian truckers Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reappeared in public after several days, criticizing the “Freedom Convoy” of truckers protesting his vaccine mandates in Ottawa as tainted by racist, Nazi extremists desecrating war memorials. After reports that he had been moved to […]
What Canada truckers’ ‘Freedom Convoy’ is all about
The convoy of Canadian truckers and supporters undertook a cross-country journey to Ottawa to protest over Covid restrictions After a week-long drive from British Columbia province, a group of Canadian long-haul truck drivers – dubbed the ‘Freedom Convoy’ – made its way across the country to Ottawa, the national capital in the Eastern province of […]
GoFundMe blocks millions raised for truckers protesting Covid vaccine mandates
More than 50,000 trucks are heading to Ottawa to express their discontent with Canada’s measures US crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has suspended access to more than Can$5 million (about $4 million) raised by ‘Freedom Convoy 2022’ – a trucker convoy heading to Ottawa to protest the vaccine mandate. About 50,000 trucks aim to take part in […]