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Police start arresting protesters to end the siege of Canada's capital

Police in Ottawa also began towing away trucks in a bid to break the three-week, traffic-snarling siege of Canada's capital by hundreds of truckers angry over COVID-19 restrictions.

OTTAWA, Ontario — Police began arresting protesters and towing away trucks Friday in a bid to break the three-week, traffic-snarling siege of Canada's capital by hundreds of truckers angry over the country's COVID-19 restrictions.

In an operation that unfolded slowly and methodically in the morning, officers were seen going door to door along a line of trucks, campers and other vehicles parked on Ottawa's snow-covered

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