(220128) -- OTTAWA, Jan. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Trucks block Wellington Street in Ottawa, Canada, on Jan. 28, 2022. A group of truckers arrived in Ottawa on Friday as part of a "Freedom Convoy" of long-haul drivers to oppose the Canadian government's requirement that all cross-border essential workers, including truckers, must show proof of vaccination at a port of entry. (Xinhua/Lin Wei) (Photo by Xinhua/Sipa USA)
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Authorities in Canada are beginning to move out and arrest truckers who have paralyzed traffic in Ottawa for three weeks in a protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
Police in Ottawa say some protesters are surrendering and being arrested Friday morning outside Parliament Hill.
Police already arrested two of the protest’s leaders late Thursday and have sealed off much of the downtown area to outsiders.
The protesters in the capital make up the movement’s last stronghold after weeks of demonstrations and blockades that shutdown border crossings into the U.S. and caused immense economic harm for both countries.
