In photos: Ottawa’s mayor declares state of emergency as trucker convoy protests continue
Mayor Jim Watson said the emergency declaration would allow greater flexibility for the city and businesses to provide essential services for residents and more easily purchase equipment required by front-line workers and first responders.
Members of the Ottawa Fire Services remove propane tanks used by trucker convoy protestors camped out at the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa.Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
A trucker convoy protestor video tapes members of the Ottawa Police Service during a police seizure of fuel supplies used by protestors camped out at the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa.Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
Members of the Ottawa Police Service escort police cars out of the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa.Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
A trucker convoy protestor is seen during a police seizure of fuel supplies at the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa.Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
Members of the Ottawa Fire Services remove propane tanks used by trucker convoy protestors camped out at the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa.Spencer Colby/The Globe and Mail
Police watch over a shack that was being used as a soup kitchen as truckers and their supporters continue to protest in Ottawa.PATRICK DOYLE/Reuters
People help load a shack that was being used as a soup kitchen after agreeing to its removal in Ottawa.PATRICK DOYLE/Reuters
A shack that was being used as a soup kitchen is hauled away as truckers and their supporters continue to protest against the COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Ottawa.PATRICK DOYLE/Reuters
Smoke rises from the wood stoves of three saunas that were donated for protesters as they gather at RCGT Baseball Park’s parking lot in Ottawa.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
Trucks sit in a staging area east of downtown after police raided the truckers' stockpile of fuel, as truckers and their supporters continue to protest in Ottawa.PATRICK DOYLE/Reuters
A woodpile for firewood is seen as protesters gather at RCGT Baseball Park’s parking lot in Ottawa.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
A man sits on top of a camper in front of Parliament Hill as truckers and their supporters continue to protest in Ottawa.PATRICK DOYLE/Reuters
Police officers walk past parked tractors, as truckers and supporters continue to protest in Ottawa.LARS HAGBERG/Reuters
Police officers walk through protest crowd in front of the Parliament Hill in Ottawa.LARS HAGBERG/Reuters
People carry Canadian flags as they walk past a painting depicting a healthcare professional wearing a mask, as truckers and supporters continue to protest in Ottawa.LARS HAGBERG/Reuters