Second day of protests seizes Ottawa, police investigating 'desecration' incidents

The downtown Ottawa core surrounding Parliament Hill remains nearly impassible due to protesters, vehicles and trucks amid the second day of the trucker convoy’s rally against vaccine mandates and COVID-19 restrictions. Ottawa Police said on Twitter that “several” criminal investigations are underway in relation to acts described by police as “desecration” to several monuments in the capital as well as “threating/illegal/intimidating behaviour to police/city w