Interim Ottawa News Today

As hundreds of trucks and protesters began to descend on Ottawa last winter, the local police services' own threat assessment predicted the large, well-funded disruptive crowds could shut down movement to the capital, evidence presented at the Emergencies Act inquiry shows.

Interim Ottawa police chief Steve Bell says in the days leading up to the mass protest in Ottawa last winter, the force didn’t have intelligence suggesting the “Freedom Convoy” would use local citizens as a “leverage point.”

Interim Ottawa police chief Steve Bell says in the days leading up to the mass protest in Ottawa last winter, the force didn’t have intelligence suggesting the “Freedom Convoy” would use local citizens as a “leverage point.”

OTTAWA, ONT. - A Fort St. John resident was one of 70 protestors arrested in downtown Ottawa while he was asle...

OTTAWA — Police arrested two of the main organizers behind an antigovernment demonstration on Parliament Hill late Thursday, as large trucks continued to ignore demands they leave an ongoing blockade that has antagonized residents for weeks.

OTTAWA - Police arrested two of the main organizers behind an antigovernment demonstration on Parlia...

Police arrested two of the main organizers behind an antigovernment demonstration on Parliament Hill late Thursday.

Interim Ottawa police Chief Steve Bell says police action is "imminent" to end what he calls the illegal occupation of Ottawa's downtown core that has lasted three weeks.