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NDP Leader Rachel Notley says latest remarks show Smith is “reckless and she’s unpredictable.”

During the 2015 border blockade when many families had switched over to electrical induction for cooking. Voltage was low and transformers often exploded. In total, 200 transformers across Nepal had to be replaced because of overload.

Canada Bureau of Transportation Statistics data indicates the February trucker blockade of the US border had little impact on cross-border trade.

Nobody is listening, it seems to anyone. >> it is like, disruptive and they are claiming their freedom while i cant even like hear anything, i cant hear myself. >> reporter: ottawa police say they have learned much this week after reports of assaults, intimidation and allegations of hate speech and symbols. >> the goal is to end the demonstration. >> reporter: and to try to do that they have called in more reinforcements to what they call the surge and contain strategy, but the police chief warn...

But the police chief warns -- >> this remains, as it was from the beginning, an increasingly volatile and increasingly dangerous demonstration. >> reporter: and it is spreading like a contagion itself. across the country, a handful of protests including a border blockade between alberta and montana. and canadas loorgeest city, toronto, closing a large section in front of the provincial legislature this weekend as truckers descend. and more worrying, closing off the adjacent hospital row where ex...

It seems, to anyone. >> nothing but disruptive. theyre claiming their freedom while i cant hear anything. >> reporter: ottawa police say they have learned much in the past week, especially after reports of assaults, intimidation and allegations of hate speech and symbols. >> our goal is to end the demonstration. >> reporter: to do that, they have called in reenforcements moving to a surge and contain strategy. the police chief warns -- >> this remains, as it was from the beginning, an increasing...

Claiming their freedom while i cant even like hear -- i cant even hear myself. >> reporter: ottawa police say they have learned much in the past week, especially after reports of assaults, intimidation, and allegations of hate speech and symbols. >> our goal is to end the demonstration. >> reporter: to try to do that. they have called in more reinforcements, moving to what they call a surge and contain strategy. but the beliepolice chief warns >> this remains, as it was from the beginning, an in...

Well see shiffrin it all begins here at 5:00. come up on "nightly news" with lester holt the russian invasion timeline, the new information ukraines president reveals. closing down its embassy in ukraines capital as the pentagon says russia could invade with little or no warning. the u.s. moving embassy personnel oust kyiv and further away from russias forces perches on ukraine border. does the u. have any options left to deescalate the crisis. also tonight, canadas prime minister invoking r...

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Between the crosshairs that palins political action committee imprinted on a congressional map and a 2011 mass shooting in tucson. willie. >> again, the standard for libel and malice that you have to prove is very high here. meanwhile, trudeau is invoking rare emergency powers. facebook now says fake accounts are adding fuel to misinformation around those protests. nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez has more. >> freedom! >> reporter: so-called freedom convoys protesting covid restr...