Nearly 200 people arrested in Ottawa

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By Aya Elamroussi and Holly Yan, CNN
Updated 12:54 PM ET, Sun February 20, 2022

(CNN) ... "The province's Special Investigations Unit is investigating two police-involved incidents that occurred at the demonstrations in Ottawa yesterday and is urging anyone who has information, including video, to come forward," Ontario's SIU said ...

... around 5:14 p.m. Saturday, "there was an interaction between a Toronto Police Service officer on a horse and a 49-year-old woman on Rideau Street and Mackenzie Avenue. The woman has a reported serious injury," the SIU said.

No additional information was released ...

Separately, "At approximately 7:18 p.m. Vancouver Police Department officers discharged Anti-Riot Weapon Enfields (less-lethal firearms) at individuals in the area of Sparks Street and Bank Street. No injuries have been reported at this time," the agency said Sunday. "The SIU asks anyone who may have been struck by a projectile to contact the unit" ...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/20/americas/canada-trucker-protest-covid-sunday/index.html

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1. Capital starts cleanup

By Lars Hagberg and Kyaw Soe Oo
February 20, 2022
12:40 PM EST

OTTAWA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Canadian police on Sunday smashed the windows of vehicles abandoned in the downtown core of the capital to search and tow them away, and city workers cleaned up trash after two days of tense standoffs and 191 arrests ended a three-week occupation of Ottawa.

Demonstrators had used hundreds of trucks and vehicles to block the city center since Jan. 28, prompting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to invoke rarely used emergency powers. Fifty-seven vehicles had been towed by midday, police said ...

For the first time in weeks, there was only snow and silence downtown. The trucks blaring their horns were gone. One resident said he felt relief ...

... several TV reporters were harassed, insulted, threatened and pushed by demonstrators ...

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-police-make-final-push-end-weeks-long-protest-capital-2022-02-20/

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2. Up to $20 million in relief funds

Zahra Tayeb 2 hours ago

The Canadian government will provide up to $20 million in relief funds to small businesses affected by the ongoing trucker protests ...

Small businesses will be eligible to apply for up to $10,000 in funds for non-deferrable payments not covered by other federal programs, the agency said.

Helena Jaczek, minister responsible for the FedDev Ontario, said in the statement: "Our government's investment of up to $20 million to Invest Ottawa will help local businesses get the support they need to recover" ...

https://www.businessinsider.com/canada-grants-20m-local-businesses-affected-trucker-protests-freedom-convoy-2022-2