Rolling Thunder” rally is set to wind down Sunday after arriving in Ottawa Friday afternoon, bringing large crowds to a downtown core that’s still tense after the three-week-long occupation in February.A spokeswoman for Freedom Fighters Canada, one of the groups organizing the weekend-long demonstration, says a church service scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
is the only event associated with the rally set to take place today. ‘Rolling Thunder’ protesters rally in front of parliament as police stage operation Protest organizers say the rally was set up to oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates.The Ottawa Police Service arrested three people on Saturday, though the day’s protests remained mostly peaceful.UPDATE: Today, the Ottawa Police Service and its partners continued its enhanced operational posture in the downtown core to manage protests and events. (1/3)— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) May 1, 2022Crowds took part in a ceremony at the War Memorial in the morning followed by a motorcycle drive-by and an afternoon demonstration on Parliament Hill.The force said one woman was arrested for assaulting police on Elgin Street, where the motorcycle rally took place, and a man was arrested for breaching conditions stemming from February’s “Freedom Convoy” occupation, which gripped the city for about three weeks.Another man is facing several charges after allegedly “rushing” an Ontario Provincial Police motorcycle, including dangerous driving, assault with a weapon and violating conditions stemming from February’s “Freedom Convoy” occupation, the Ottawa Police Service said in a news release.An incident of “motivated mischief at a religious institution” is also under investigation, the force said in a Sunday-morning tweet, though police did.