Ottawa – Canadian police were poised Thursday to move against a trucker-led protest that has choked the national capital’s streets for three weeks and finally provoked the government into calling on rarely used emergency powers.
“Action is imminent,” Ottawa police chief Steve Bell told reporters. “I implore anyone that’s there: Get in your truck … and leave our city streets.”
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