Ottawa locals plead for end of trucker protest in Canadian capital - BBC News

Some residents in Ottawa are fed up with the disruption caused by the truckers' demonstration which has so far lasted 12 days.

The truckers are protesting vaccine mandates and have taken over the capital.

Officials there can do little but wait for the demonstrators to go home.

Law enforcement has stepped up its urgency to rein in the "Freedom Convoy", more aggressively issuing tickets and making arrests.

But the narrow streets of central Ottawa remain clogged with trucks and other vehicles, calling for the country's pandemic measures to be axed.