As police quash the protest against COVID-19 mandates in Ottawa, thousands held demonstrations in other parts of Canada on Saturday, Feb. 19, to call for an end to the pandemic restrictions.
In British Columbia, protesters opposed to the federal COVID-19 mandates forced another shutdown of the Pacific Highway border crossing on Feb. 19, after the RCMP closed off to all traffic the area around the intersection of 8th Avenue and 176 Street in Surrey. This development followed the arrest of 16 people on Feb. 13 and 14 as police took action to clear the previous demonstration at the border crossing to Washington State.
