Canada Day Ottawa

Plans for a full day of protest events alongside Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa caused only minimal disruptions Friday as a few hundred people marched ...

The brief clash centered around two women with a group called Stand For Thee, which had been handing out copies of the Bill of Rights and calling for Trudeau's arrest. Families strolled through the closed-off streets eating ice cream, snapping photos and taking in street performances. That order prompted a crowd to start shouting and chanting. Longtime Ottawa residents Trudy and Michael Hallen said Friday's celebrations were much smaller than years past. Organizers re-routed the march after learning the Supreme Court was fenced off as part of the extra security measures. light.”

The crowd at Parliament Hill was a mix of protesters wrapped in the Canadian flag or waving anti-Trudeau banners, and visitors celebrating the holiday.

Some other celebrations in the country didn’t have any protesters, such as at Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square where a smaller group of people and families gathered. The event at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver featured music acts, including sets from local Indigenous performers. In front of Parliament Hill, the crowd was a mix of protesters wrapped in the Canadian flag or waving anti-Trudeau banners, and visitors celebrating the holiday. The couple said they are vaccinated, but have relatives that are not. “The government doesn’t seem to be doing anything to keep Canada together,” Mr. Emmons said. They shouted “freedom” and “hold the line” as they moved down Wellington St. in front of Parliament, familiar sounds to residents who endured the protests that clogged the downtown core for weeks in February.

A motor vehicle control zone remains in effect in downtown Ottawa to prohibit vehicles taking part in protests and rallies, and police officers from Ottawa ...

The decreases come after crude oil prices slid in June following the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes, sparking fears of a recession. Mike Shoreman, who made a stop in Sault Ste. Marie Friday, has already crossed Lake Erie, and most recently crossed Lake Huron. He is raising money for youth mental wellness. A unique scavenger hunt in Sudbury aims to get people out exploring nature and enjoying the outdoors. The number of Quebec households without a roof over their heads after July 1 moving day is currently 600. The decreases come after crude oil prices slid in June following the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes, sparking fears of a recession. Some report sleeping at airports and others say it took days to get to or from a destination. "We're going to be seeking support, obviously, for the last three days from the federal government. It becomes very expensive, quite frankly, for the taxpayers of Ottawa," Watson said, acknowledging freedom groups have promised to hold protests all summer. Ottawa police have not provided an official update on the Canada Day operations. "I think things worked really well, we learned a lot of lessons from the few months ago and at the end of the day this is a celebration of our country, people should have that freedom to move back and forth. "People walking around protesting is not the same as parking your trucks on my doorstep, everyone has the right to protest," Chown said. You don't want to turn the place into something where there's a checkpoint every two feet, but there was a very strong police presence," Watson said.