Protests erupted across several cities in Canada on Saturday, with some 4,000 people in downtown Ottawa. But it has now morphed into a rallying point against broader COVID-19 curbs, carbon tax and other issues, with people joining in cars, pick-up trucks and farm vehicles. The "Freedom Convoy" protests, started in the national capital Ottawa by Canadian truckers opposing a vaccinate-or-quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers, entered its 17th day on Sunday. The bridge carries about $360 million a day in two-way cargoes - 25% of the value of all U.S.-Canada goods trade. "We can no longer afford as a country to keep it closed."
try and get to these folks in a reasonable way and have them understand that it's time to move on," Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens told CBC News. "I am very hopeful still that police can. Police moved in early on Saturday, pushing protesters back from the foot of the bridge, but more people streamed into the area in the afternoon and the operation appeared to have stalled. Since Monday, protesters in trucks, cars and vans have blocked traffic in both directions, choking the supply chain for Detroit's carmakers. President Joe Biden has asked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to use federal powers to end the blockade of the bridge, North America's busiest land border crossing. Windsor Police tweeted "there will be zero tolerance for illegal activity". Police stepped up their presence with more than 50 vehicles, including cruisers, buses and an armoured car on Sunday, as the number of protesters dropped to around 45 from roughly 100 on Saturday. Please continue avoiding the area," Windsor Police said in a Twitter post early on Sunday, without saying how many had been arrested. "Enforcement actions continue at the demonstration area with arrests being made. National Archives or DVIDS.The officers moved in after a tense standoff between Canadian police and demonstrators since Friday when a court order and threats of arrest failed to end the blockade of the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, which entered its sixth day on Sunday. This website is developed as a part of the world's largest public domain archive,, and not developed or endorsed by the U.S. law and are therefore in the public domain. National Archives and DVIDS is "a work prepared by an officer or employee" of the federal government "as part of that person's official duties." In general, under section 105 of the Copyright Act, such works are not entitled to domestic copyright protection under U.S. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.ĭisclaimer: A work of the U.S. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings 25 million still photographs and graphics 24 million aerial photographs 300,000 reels of motion picture film 400,000 video and sound recordings and 133 terabytes of electronic data. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value-about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year.
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