Canadian police secure downtown Ottawa as truckers’ protest ends

Three-week occupation over Covid precautions and Trudeau government ends with 76 vehicles towed and 191 arrests

Canadian police on Sunday secured the downtown core of Ottawa with fencing, as city workers cleaned up trash and snow plows cleared streets after two days of tense standoffs and 191 arrests ended a three-week occupation.

Demonstrators used hundreds of trucks and vehicles to block the city center since 28 January, prompting the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, to invoke rarely used emergency powers.