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Ottawa's sleepy core transformed into protest street party

A sedate strip of Ottawa's downtown has been transformed into a weeks-long street party as anti-vaccine mandate protesters have settled in, complete with barbecues, bouncy castles and a hot tub, drawing the ire of the city's exhausted residents.

Reuters · Feb 18, 2022

'Vertical school' in a Toronto condo raises questions about public-private education partnerships

Ontario’s government announced in January that it was partnering with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and Menkes Development to build the province’s first public school in a condominium at Toronto’s downtown waterfront. Such schools in mid-rise or high-rise buildings in dense urban areas have become known as “vertical schools.”

The Conversation · Feb 17, 2022

NeonMind To Open Its First Specialty Mental Health Clinic In Ontario, More To Come

Psychedelics company NeonMind Biosciences Inc.

Benzinga · Feb 17, 2022

Protecting infrastructure from the 'freedom convoy' could forever silence legitimate dissent

Invocation of emergency measures may succeed in breaking the “freedom convoy” siege of Ottawa and restoring the flow of people and goods across the Canada-United States border (estimated to be $300 million a day at the Ambassador Bridge alone).

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2022

Canadian police probe officer seen telling TikTok truck driver: ‘I support you guys 100 per cent’

Internal investigation comes amid ongoing state of emergency

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2022

Ottawa police chief resigns as Canadian border protesters retreat

Ottawa's police chief resigned on Tuesday after criticism that he did not do enough to stop COVID-19 protests that have paralyzed Canada's capital city and forced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to invoke emergency powers.

Reuters · Feb 15, 2022

Automakers eye normal production schedules as Ambassador Bridge reopens

The automotive industry began to return to normal production schedules Monday with the reopening of the Ambassador Bridge after a week-long blockade, even as other supply-chain disruptions continued to affect some automakers and one estimate pegged the industry's direct losses from trade disruptions in the Ontario cities of Windsor and…

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2022

Trudeau invokes emergency powers, seeks to halt protest funding

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked sweeping emergency police powers Monday to quell protests against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions in the capital and at border crossings.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2022

Ontario to end COVID-19 vaccine passport system March 1

DETROIT — Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday announced the end of the province's COVID-19 vaccine passport system, effective March 1. The vaccine passport system required people to offer proof of vaccination for a multitude of activities, from shopping to the gym to restaurants.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2022

In Canada, frustrations linger even as bridge reopens to traffic

Largely civil and without violence, a demonstration in Windsor, Ontario was finally cleared by police Sunday after blocking one of North America’s busiest cross-border trade arteries for more than five days.

Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2022