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Meth bust at US-Canada border one of largest in Canadian history

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Canadian border officials made what they say is likely the largest narcotics seizure in the...

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Trucker caught with handgun, meth at US-Canada border, CBP says

A CBP officer shows the gun seized from the cab of a truck at the US-Canada border. (Photo: CBP)

An American trucker headed to Canada with a load of produce was caught with a loaded handgun and methamphetamine in his cab in an unusual discovery made during an inspection at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing, authorities said on Tuesday.

The 36-year-old driver, whose name wasn’t released, was detained on Friday night after border officers searched his cab during a routine outbound inspection, said Kris Grogan, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson.

Officers found an undeclared...

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Ottawa police push to clear holdout Freedom Convoy truckers, supporters

A line of police officers in yellow jackets on horses, backed up by an armored vehicle, face protesters at the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

Police began making their final push against truck drivers and other protesters who remained in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday, three weeks after the Freedom Convoy arrived in the Canadian capital.

Officers in riot gear clashed with some protesters as they pushed toward the core of the downtown encampment. Police smashed the windows of a truck as a crowd of protesters yelled “Shame!,” according to videos shared on social media.

Police break windows of truck in front of PMO. pic.twitter.com/TvSUo...

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Ottawa police arrest Freedom Convoy protesters in hopes of ending 3-week blockade

After arresting at least two organizers of Freedom Convoy protests on Thursday, police in Ottawa, Ontario, stepped up their arrests on Friday in hopes of breaking up the three-weeklong disruption in the Canadian capital.

Early reports indicated that some protesters surrendered peacefully and were taken into custody, while others were taken away in handcuffs.

Police also sealed off parts of the downtown area that had been snarled by demonstrations and blockades to protest COVID vaccine mandates....

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US-Canada border crossing in Alberta reopens after protesters pull out

The view from the U.S. side of the border crossing linking Sweet Grass, Montana and Coutts, Alberta.

The U.S.-Canada border crossing at Coutts, Alberta, reopened on Tuesday after protesters ended a two-week blockade that had disrupted millions of dollars in trade. 

The Canada Border Services Agency reported that normal operations resumed. Videos shared on social media showed a convoy of semi-trucks and other vehicles driving away with their horns blasting.

“It’s definitely bittersweet leaving here,” Jory Evans, a spokesperson for the protesters, said during a live video streamed via Facebook. 

Wit...

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Canada vows crackdown on truckers, carriers involved in protests, border blockades

A police officer in a yellow jacket with the word "POLICE" talks to a truck driver in Ottawa, Canada.

The Canadian government plans to crack down on the truckers and carriers involved in the protests and blockades that have swept the country.

“Today we are serving notice that we will freeze corporate bank accounts and cancel the insurance of trucks being used in protests that have blocked the countries,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday. “Send your semi-trailers home.”

Freeland made the threat after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was invoking the country’s...

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Police seize long guns, machete, body armor at US-Canada border protest, arrest 11

A protest convoy of trucks and other vehicle at the US-Canada border in Coutts, Albeta

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested 11 people and seized over a dozen long guns, multiple handguns, ammunition, high-capacity magazines, a machete and body armor in an operation targeting a “small organized group” within the protest blockade near the U.S.-Canada border in Coutts, Alberta, authorities said.   

Police made the arrests and seizures while executing a warrant after receiving information that the group had a cache of weapons and a large amount of ammunition, the RCMP said in a...

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Ambassador Bridge reopens as protests block other US-Canada border crossings

A truck crosses the Ambassador Bridge after the US-Canada border bridge reopened.

The busiest commercial crossing between the U.S. and Canada, the Ambassador Bridge, reopened late Sunday after police in Windsor, Ontario, cleared out a protest over COVID-19 restrictions that squeezed the cross-border supply chain for a week. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection processed the first truck to reach the U.S side of the border in Detroit at 12:30 a.m. Monday, the agency said in a tweet. As of 8:30 a.m, CBP and the Canada Border Service Agency reported normal operations on both sides...

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Windsor mayor: Ambassador Bridge demonstration’s end in sight

Government officials and local police forces are hoping Sunday’s efforts to remove demonstrators who are blocking the Ambassador Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit will restore the flow of vehicles after the almost weeklong blockade.

“Today, our national economic crisis at the Ambassador Bridge came to an end. Border crossings will reopen when it is safe to do so and I defer to police and border agencies to make that determination,” Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said Sunday in a...

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Delta Air Lines suspends some Canada cargo shipments because of protests

A Delta jet coming in for a landing.

Delta Air Lines said late Friday it has extended restrictions and stopped accepting all products at Detroit Metropolitan Airport destined for Montreal and Toronto because of limited access to roadways and bridges into the cities resulting from trucker-led protests over the Canadian government’s pandemic mandates. 

The embargo is effective through Saturday, Delta Cargo (NYSE: DAL) said in a notice to customers.

Some roads are closed in downtown Toronto as officials prepare for weekend protests,...

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