Ottawa (Ontario)
Ice Skating at a Rink Is Fun. Gliding Through a Forest? Glorious.
OTTAWA — No matter how enjoyable at first, whooshing round and round the constrained oval of an ice rink can get monotonous for even the most die-hard skater. But gliding on the ice through miles of pristine forest, with birds in the trees, paw prints of wildlife imprinted in the snow and a new discovery […]
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Was Canada Trucker Protest a Blip, or the Start of Something Bigger?
OTTAWA — A cavalcade of big rigs rumbled into the Canadian capital, blocked major streets, drew thousands of supporters, enraged residents and captured the attention of a shocked nation for three weeks. Now they’re gone, leaving Canadians to grapple with some high stakes questions about their country’s political future. Was the occupation an aberration, or […]
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Trump’s Truth Social Is Poised to Join a Crowded Field
For months, former President Donald J. Trump has promoted Truth Social, the soon-to-be-released flagship app of his fledging social media company, as a platform where free speech can thrive without the constraints imposed by Big Tech. At least seven other social media companies have promised to do the same. Gettr, a right-wing alternative to Twitter […]
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Defiant Protesters in Canada Brace for a Clampdown
The police on Wednesday ordered protesters clogging Ottawa’s streets to leave or face criminal charges, appearing to set the stage for a clampdown aimed at ending demonstrations that have roiled the nation’s capital for weeks, and reverberated around the world. The impetus to stop protests buffeting the country was amplified this week after the Royal […]
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Behind the Fractious Collaboration Steering the Canada Protests
At a news conference in the Sheraton Ottawa Hotel on Monday, opened to media other than solely conservative-leaning news outlets for one of the first times, there was an air of gravitas in a room that echoed with the constant coughing of dozens of maskless supporters. “Some of you might oppose our grievances,” Tamara Lich, […]
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Canadians Donated Half of Funds for Trucker Protest, Leaked Data Shows
The Bitcoin campaign, which has received more than 5,000 mostly small-dollar donations, has been supported by a handful of large infusions from cryptocurrency boosters. The two biggest, with a combined value of more than $300,000 at the time they were made, were donated anonymously. A series of others valued at about $42,000 each appear to […]
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Canada Protests Baffle a Nation of Rule Followers
Traditionally, Canadian politics is a fight for the center, not for the fringes of the ideological spectrum. Political analysts point out that the far-right People’s Party of Canada, whose leader, Maxime Bernier, is a champion of the trucker protest, did not win a single seat in last year’s parliamentary election. But, populism isn’t totally alien […]
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In Ottawa Trucker Protests, a Pressing Question: Where Were the Police?
OTTAWA — Steps from Canada’s Parliament buildings, a sprawling festival erupted on Saturday. D.J.s played music for crowds dancing at intersections, singers belted out songs from an improvised stage and protesters’ trucks still blocked the streets, blowing their horns to cheers. A day after the premier of Ontario, home to Canada’s capital, Ottawa, declared a […]
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Canada Toughens Stance on Protests, Promising ‘Robust’ Police Response
OTTAWA — After weeks of treading lightly around the protests paralyzing much of Canada’s economy, federal, provincial and local officials adopted a markedly tougher approach on Friday, threatening protesters with arrests and heavy fines, and obtaining a court order to halt the blockade of a major route to the United States. Doug Ford, the premier […]
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