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Truckers continue to voice their opposition to coronavirus measures and vaccine mandates in Ottawa

Ottawa police announce safety measures as protests over vaccine mandates carry into second weekend

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Ottawa police are preparing for a second straight weekend of protests by truckers downtown over new Canadian Covid-19 vaccine mandates. The truckers oppose a recent mandate requiring drivers entering Canada to be fully vaccinated or face testing and quarantine requirements. The group is also protesting other health restrictions, including mask mandates

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A man yells while holding a smoke firework during a protest against a Covid-19 vaccine mandate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday.

Ottawa to establish hate incident hotline amid reports of racism and anti-Semitism during protests over Covid-19 mandates

By Raja Razek and Chris Boyette, CNN A hotline for people to report hate incidents is being set up in Ottawa as the Canadian capital grapples with ongoing protests over Covid-19 mandates that police say have led to reports of threatening, illegal and intimidating behavior by the demonstrators, rattling downtown residents and workers. “We already

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Citipointe Christian College in the Australian city of Brisbane has sparked outrage for requiring parents to sign an enrollment contract that refers to homosexuality as a sin and includes it in a list of "immoral" behavior alongside bestiality

Christian school asks parents to sign contract that could exclude gay and transgender students

By Helen Regan, CNN A Christian school in the Australian city of Brisbane has sparked outrage for requiring parents to sign an enrollment contract that refers to homosexuality as a sin and includes it in a list of “immoral” behavior alongside bestiality, incest, and pedophilia. The document could see students expelled based on sexual orientation,

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Vehicles in the protest convoy parked on a road leading into downtown Ottawa on Sunday.

Truckers and protesters against Covid-19 mandates block a border crossing. Others tried to take meals away from the homeless in Ottawa, shelter says

By Paula Newton and Holly Yan, CNN What started as a convoy of truckers protesting Covid-19 mandates has snowballed into a blockade in the Canadian capital and the obstruction of a US-Canadian border crossing. Some protesters pressured staff at a homeless shelter to give them food, the facility said. And criminal investigations are underway after

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Vehicles from the protest are parked

Multiple criminal investigations underway for ‘desecration’ of Canadian monuments after protests against Covid-19 mandates, police say

By Paula Newton, Dakin Andone and Keith Allen, CNN Multiple criminal investigations have been opened in connection to the “desecration” of Canada’s National War Memorial among other incidents during weekend protests in Ottawa against mandates for Covid-19 vaccines and other public health measures. “Several criminal investigations are underway in relation to the desecration of the

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