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Canadian authorities look to the courts to break blockade

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By ROB GILLIES
Associated Press

TORONTO (AP) — Authorities in Canada are headed for court in an attempt to break the bridge blockade by truckers protesting the country’s COVID-19 restrictions. The standoff has caused parts shortages that have rippled through the auto industry on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. The mayor of Windsor, Ontario, plans to seek an injunction at an afternoon hearing against members of the self-proclaimed Freedom Convoy who have used scores of pickup trucks and big rigs to bottle up the Ambassador Bridge connecting the city to Detroit.

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