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Ontario premier calls on COVID restriction protesters to end their 'occupation'

Crowdfunding site GoFundMe said it would refund or redirect to charities the vast majority of millions raised by demonstrators protesting COVID-19 measures in the Canadian capital.
Updated February 4, 2022 at 8:42 PM ET

Ontario's Conservative premier called Friday for demonstrators to end the "occupation" of Ottawa, while the crowdfunding site GoFundMe said it would refund or redirect to charities the vast majority of millions raised by demonstrators protesting COVID-19 measures in the Canadian capital.

Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly moved 150 officers to the parts of the capital most affected but he gave no indication when the days-old protest would end, saying police

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