Trucker protests: Ottawa police arrest 70 in push to end convoy blockade, says interim chief Steve Bell

As the number of Ukrainians fleeing to Canada is expected to skyrocket, the country is bracing for thousands more refugees trying to enter.

COVID-19 report.In the seven days ending on March 12, the province reported 832 new cases through PCR testing. This is down from the 1,013 reported the previous week.The report stated 6,826 laboratory tests were conducted during the week, with a test positivity rate of 11.8 per cent.

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Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine approved for kids 6-11 in Canada Of the 27 inpatients with COVID-19, 12 are being treated for COVID-19 while 15 are being treated for something other than COVID-19 but were found to have an incidental infection.At least 167 staff cases are currently active at LHSC, up from 155 the day before. At St.

WASHINGTON - The State Department confirmed Thursday that an American citizen was killed in a Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv.The department did not immediately confirm the identity of the American, who was at least the second U.S. citizen to be killed in the conflict, after the killing of journalist and filmmaker Brent Renaud last week.Chernihiv police said on Facebook there was a heavy artillery attack on the city and a U.S.

Packages of Pfizer's Paxlovid, an antiviral drug that treats COVID-19. (Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images) GENEVA (AP) - Nearly three dozen companies worldwide will soon start making generic versions of Pfizer's coronavirus pill, the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool that negotiated the deal said Thursday.The Medicines Patent Pool said in a statement that agreements signed with 35 companies should help make Pfizer's antiviral nirmatrelvir, or Paxlovoid, available to more than half of the world's population.Get breaking news alerts in the free FOX5NY News app | Sign up for FOX 5 email newslettersGeneric drugmakers across a dozen countries in Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Eastern Europe will begin producing either the raw ingredients for the Pfizer drug or the pill itself.

The federal government has begun accepting applications from Ukrainians and their families fleeing Russian aggression who want to come to Canada while they decide their next steps.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio - Just days after country music legend Dolly Parton announced she was withdrawing her name from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s nomination to induct her, the foundation has issued a statement. "All of us in the music community have seen Dolly Parton’s thoughtful note expressing her feeling that she has not earned the right to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame," the foundation responded to FOX Television Stations Group. "In addition to her incredible talent as an artist, her humility is another reason Dolly is a beloved icon by millions of fans around the world."Parton was among 17 contenders announced last month, including Beck, Pat Benatar, Eminem and Dionne Warwick.

Estimated rain totals for Alabama. (FOX Weather)The flooding was caused by slow-moving storms that continued to move over the same areas – a process known as training.Parker was headed to another water rescue scene initially, but he could not get there because floodwaters greeted him in every direction he turned.He then came upon a scene on University Boulevard near St.

PHILADELPHIA - A veteran Philadelphia police officer has been suspended with the intent to dismiss after investigators say he gave false statements and testimony in a gun case last year. Officer Daniel Levitt was arrested Thursday on charges of perjury, unsworn false statements and official oppression. In 2021, authorities say the Philadelphia Police Department’s Internal Affairs unit conducted an audit of city-wide arrests of individuals for violations of the Uniform Firearms Act. MORE HEADLINES: The audit prompted an investigation into an arrest made by Levitt on April 28, 2021. During that investigation, authorities determined that Levitt, a 12-year veteran of the force, violated department policy. Commissioner Outlaw announced Thursday that she has suspended Levitt for 30 days with the intent to dismiss at the end of the suspension. "It never feels good to learn that one of our own has been charged with a crime," said Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw.

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UPPER PROVIDENCE TWP., Pa. - A Montgomery County man is facing multiple charges after authorities say he shot at police officers during an incident early Wednesday morning. David Naumenko, 62, is facing charges including attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault and related charges in the March 16 incident. Authorities say officers were dispatched to the Meadows Apartments in Upper Providence Township around 3 a.m. after receiving a call from a family member that Naumenko was having a mental breakdown. The caller reported that Naumenko was armed and leaving their home, claiming that he was ‘harmless.’ The first Upper Providence officer that arrived on the scene located a white Chevy Silverado pickup truck with Naumenko and a woman inside.

PHOENIX - WNBA star Brittney Griner's detention has been extended by at least two more months after she was taken into Russian custody on drug charges, reports say."The court granted the request of the investigation and extended the period of detention of the U.S. citizen Griner until May 19," the court said, according to TASS.The Phoenix Mercury player had been detained at a Moscow airport after a drug-sniffing dog reportedly found vapes with cannabis oil in her luggage.The case of the 31-year-old Griner, one of the most recognizable players in women's basketball, comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The U.S.

Wisconsin Department of Health Services DHS MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) confirmed on Thursday, March 17 the deaths of three children under the age of 18 due to complications from influenza. These are the first reported pediatric influenza-associated deaths in Wisconsin for the 2021-2022 season.State Health Officer Paula Tran issued the following statement in a news release:"DHS is deeply saddened to report these flu deaths in Wisconsin this influenza season. It is important to remember that along with COVID-19, other communicable diseases such as flu are circulating in our communities. Each of these alone can pose serious health risks for children, and co-infection can occur. It is not too late for Wisconsinites to get vaccinated to protect themselves and others."With the number of flu cases and hospital admissions rising throughout the state, a news release says DHS encourages Wisconsinites to get vaccinated.

Reckitt recalls over 3 million bottles of Airborne Gummies due to injury hazard. (CPSC) BETHESDA, Maryland - Over 3 million bottles of Airborne supplement gummies are being recalled after several people were allegedly injured after trying to open the bottle.

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Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra announced Thursday that come April, when testing rules change for those entering Canada by land and air, people on board cruise ships that enter the country will still need to get a COVID-19 test no more than one day before departure but won’t need a second test before disembarking the vessel.

Canada’s Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Thursday that Canada was dropping its requirement for a pre-arrival COVID-19 test before entering the country at the air or land borders starting April 1 for those fully vaccinated. He cautioned, random testing would still be possible on entering Canada.

COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday as patient numbers fell sharply.Health authorities issued the roundup a bit later than scheduled, saying the release of the daily tally had been “exceptionally delayed.”Pandemic-related hospitalizations stood at 1,034, a drop of 39. This comes after 63 people were admitted in the past day, while 102 were discharged.There were 50 intensive care cases related to the disease, a decrease of six compared with the previous day.

Altajier Kyell Robinson (Northampton County District Attorney's Office)  EASTON, Pa. - Authorities in Northampton County have issued an arrest warrant for a 20-year-old man in connection with the shooting deaths of two teens on Monday. Altajier Kyell Robinson is wanted in connection with the deaths of 17-year-old D’Andre Snipes and 18-year-old Kavan Figueroa. He faces multiple charges including criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, and related charges. Around 4 p.m.

COVID-19 testing requirement for fully vaccinated travellers, the federal government announced on Thursday.Starting April 1, vaccinated travellers won’t need to track down a COVID-19 test in the last day before their vacation ends.“Today’s announcement is encouraging, but let us remember that all measures are subject to review,” said Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, speaking to reporters Thursday morning.“We will continue to adjust them as the epidemiological situation here in Canada and abroad evolves.”Currently, all travellers entering Canada — regardless of vaccination status — have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 antigen test, taken within 24 hours of their flight or arrival at Canada’s border.As an alternative, they can show proof of a negative PCR test from within the previous 72 hours. Is Canada dropping its COVID-19 guard too quickly? Experts weigh in But starting next month, travellers who are fully vaccinated — with two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine — won’t have to show either.Fully vaccinated travellers might still have to undergo random testing when they arrive in Canada, but they don’t have to quarantine while awaiting their results, Duclos added.Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated travellers will be subject to a molecular test both when they arrive and again eight days later.

It’s something travellers and the tourism industry have been waiting for. Tomorrow, it’s expected the federal government will announce it’s scrapping pre-travel COVID-19 testing requirements.

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The Kremlin said on Thursday that many people in Russia were showing themselves to be “traitors” and pointed to those who were resigning from their jobs and leaving the country.

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Ryan Allen, Hatboro K9 officer and his K9 partner Louie UPPER MORELAND, Pa. - Hatboro police officer Ryan Allen will be honored Thursday morning with a procession to bring him home under hospice care. Allen, a 35-year-old loving husband and father, has been in the hospital for months after suffering complications from a reaction to a bee sting. He suffered a devastating brain injury in October when he had a heart attack after the sting.

COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by a Canadian company will “very likely” not get the green light for emergency use by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to its ties to the tobacco industry.Dr. Mariângela Simão, WHO’s assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, spoke about the vaccine during a press briefing Wednesday.“Due to its connections — it’s owned by tobacco company Philip Morris International — so the process is put on hold because it’s well known that the WHO and UN have a very strict policy regarding engagement with tobacco and arms industries,” she said.

COVID on Thursday, with 199 in intensive care units.This is down by five for both hospitalizations and in ICUs since the previous day. Last Thursday, there were 742 hospitalizations with 244 in ICU.The province recently began distinguishing between those who were admitted to hospital directly because of COVID, and those who were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for the virus.Of the 644 people in hospital with COVID-19, 47 per cent of them were admitted because of the virus, while 53 per cent were admitted for other reasons but tested positive for COVID-19.Of the 199 people in ICUs with the virus, 75 per cent were admitted because of COVID, while 25 per cent were admitted for other reasons.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have released video they say shows a vehicle linked to the shooting death of a 37-year-old woman in Strawberry Mansion earlier this month. The shooting occurred on Tuesday, March 1 on the 3400 block of West Huntingdon Street.Police responded to the scene and found a woman on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the head.

Russian airstrikes in the besieged city of Mariupol, while ferocious Russian bombardment killed dozens in a northern city over the past day, the local governor said.The strikes the previous evening had left a large section of the grand, three-storey theatre building in the centre of Mariupol collapsed in a smoking ruin, according to photos released by the city council.Inside, hundreds of men, women and children — up to 1,000 according to some officials — had taken shelter in the basement, seeking safety amid Russia’s strangulating three-week siege of the strategic southern port city in Ukraine.Rescuers worked to clearing rubble that had blocked the entrance to the basement, despite new strikes reported elsewhere in the city Thursday. Miraculously, the shelter stood firm, officials said.“The building withstood the impact of a high-powered air bomb and protected the lives of people hiding in the bomb shelter,” Ukraine’s ombudswoman Ludmyla Denisova said on the Telegram messaging app Thursday.She and Ukrainian parliament member Sergiy Taruta said some survivors had emerged.

Ottawa for the first time in more than three weeks on Sunday as police continued their efforts to put a final end to anti-government demonstrations that immobilized the national capital.Roadways once choked with trucks and protesters opposed to COVID-19 public health measures and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government were largely clear, though debris and other signs of the blockade dubbed an illegal occupation by its critics were still in evidence.Ottawa Police, working in tandem with forces from across the country, said they’d arrested 191 people and laid 391 charges related to the demonstrations, though Ottawa Interim Police Chief Steve Bell said the mammoth law enforcement operation was far from over.“There is another phase that will identify how we maintain the streets, how we eventually demobilize, once we’ve identified that there is no threat of further protests coming to our city,” Bell said at a news conference. “We aren’t there yet.” Ottawa’s convoy occupation mostly clear, but police ‘not done’ with operation yet Bell said charges laid to date include obstructing police, disobeying a court order, assault, mischief, possessing a weapon and assaulting a police officer.Law enforcement is “with every hour” getting closer to delivering on its promise to clear streets and give them back to residents, he added.Chris Harkins, deputy commissioner with the Ontario Provincial Police, said commercial and private vehicle driver’s licenses have been suspended, while 76 vehicles have been seized and towed in Ottawa.But the massive enforcement blitz also drew attention from Ontario’s police watchdog on Sunday.

Ontario’s civilian police watchdog is probing incidents involving Vancouver police and a horse-mounted officer with the Toronto police over incidents during enforcement at the Ottawa COVID-19 mandate protests.

Ottawa’s Interim Police Chief Steve Bell said Sunday that they “have active intelligence investigations ongoing to ensure we know people are leaving, if they are trying to amass again to return to the downtown core,” adding “we are attempting to keep tabs on those that are leaving and potentially massing to come back.

Ottawa’s Interim Police Chief Steve Bell said on Sunday that police continued to have “major issues with a group of dispersed protesters” on Saturday night who exhibited “unruly behaviour” with officers who were attempting to install barriers and fencing.

Canadian police are making possibly the final push to clear the capital city of demonstrators who have paralysed it by parking and camping on the streets for more than three weeks to protest against Covid pandemic restrictions.

Ottawa’s Interim Police Chief Steve Bell has responded to a question about an incident involving police-mounted horses on Friday. Bell said “there was two members of the protesters who did collide with the horses.

Ottawa’s Interim Police Chief Steve Bell said Saturday reviews of video footage will be done to ensure the “lawful amount of force was used” as police moved to clear anti-mandate protesters from the streets of Ottawa.

Ottawa’s Interim Police Chief Steve Bell provided an update on operations to clear out anti-mandate protesters from the streets of Ottawa saying they’ve made “important progress,” arresting 47 demonstrators Saturday for a total of 170.

Ottawa’s Interim Police Chief Steve Bell said on Saturday that police were documenting the protests with the intent of pursuing financial penalties and criminal charges against those who have participated.

Smoke bombs disperse protesters as police including the RCMP clear Wellington Street in front of Parliament. Protesters from the "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa are moved from Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill by police officers after blockadi ((Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images))OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Hundreds of police in riot gear swept through the streets of Canada’s besieged capital Saturday, arresting or driving out protesters, towing away their trucks and finally retaking control of the streets in front of the country’s Parliament buildings.With protesters in clear retreat under the increasing pressure of one of the largest police operations in Canada’s history, authorities’ hopes were rising for an end to the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions and the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell said that while some smaller protests continued "this unlawful occupation is over.

Police in Ottawa are continuing a crackdown to end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” that has been encamped for 23 days in the nation’s capital as of Saturday.

Freedom Convoy” that has held taken over the downtown for the last three weeks.Not only were two protest organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, arrested Thursday evening, Friday’s Emergencies Act debate in the House of Commons has also been cancelled.“A police operation is expected in the downtown core of Ottawa,” speaker of the House, Anthony Rota, said in a tweet on Friday.

Canadian police lastnight began arresting leaders of the trucker-led protest that has choked the capital's streets for three weeks and provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency powers.

Freedom Convoy” blockades in the downtown core, hours after warning participants that their window to leave the city of their own accord was rapidly closing.Video footage recorded by Global News of the arrests appeared to show more than one individual being taken into police custody, but the identities of the individuals are not yet clear.The declaration of a state of emergency by the federal government on Monday means the area where the individuals were arrested, on Wellington Street across from Parliament Hill, is a prohibited place of assembly. Live updates on the continued convoy blockade in Ottawa Only Ottawans with a “lawful” reason for being in the downtown core are permitted to do so, after police established a security perimeter on Day 21 of the continued blockade amid signals that they are preparing to end the demonstration that has paralyzed Ottawa.“Overnight and throughout the day, residents are seeing a major increase in the number of police officers on our streets.