The criminal trial of Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King is expected to delve into some of the social media posts he made during the massive protest that gridlocked Ottawa in 2022. Mr.

A Nova Scotia senator who was captured on video criticizing downtown residents who complained about the Freedom Convoy has been censured by his fellow senators.

As his criminal trial got underway, Freedom Convoy organizer Pat King pleaded not guilty to a list of nine charges related to the major protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa. Mr.

A federal judge has declared that the invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy protest was “unreasonable” and that related regulations infringed on Canadians’ charter rights.

OTTAWA—As the trial of Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber returned from break, lawyers for the two accused and the judge debated whether statements from the two could be admitted as evidence. Eric Granger, a lawyer for Ms.

Tamara Lich's defence team says there's no evidence to support that she and a fellow Freedom Convoy organizer should be viewed as co-conspirators in court, because their actions were not illegal. The Crown finished its case against Ms.

The appeal of a Windsor police officer disciplined for donating $50 to the Freedom Convoy in 2022 has been dismissed by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission.

A lawyer representing Freedom Convoy participants is arguing for the dismissal of a $290 million class-action lawsuit against convoy organizers and protestors, saying that the inclusion of donors in the lawsuit would have a "profound chilling effect"

The woman who went to court to get an injunction against the "Freedom Convoy" last year faced the protest organizers in criminal court Monday in some of the most combative lines of questioning the trial has seen so far.

The Crown is expected to lay out its case for why evidence against one Freedom Convoy organizer should apply to the other in the criminal trial of two of the protest's leaders.

The Freedom Convoy protest was started as a response to a mandate requiring COVID-19 vaccination for truck drivers crossing the Canada–U.S. border, and resulted in vehicles converging in the nation’s capital.

The majority of the federal records connected to the Freedom Convoy were not disclosed in the 2022 inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act against protesters, and will not be made public for years, according to a report by the privy council.

The criminal trial of two Freedom Convoy organizers resumed on Oct. 26 with legal sparring as the defence attempts to gain access to internal police communications.

Crown prosecutors say they have dropped a criminal charge against Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich, which alleged she violated her bail conditions in the summer of 2022. Ms.

A lawyer for Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber says he encouraged protesters to leave downtown Ottawa and set up camp outside the city, following police advice. Mr.

An Ontario tribunal has initiated a new hearing for a Windsor police officer appealing his conviction and penalty for a donation to the Freedom Convoy in 2022.

A Windsor police officer is asking an Ontario court to review his discreditable conduct charge for donating $50 to the Freedom Convoy protest in 2022.

An officer who served as a liaison between the Freedom Convoy and police told an Ottawa courtroom on Oct. 18 there were several convoys headed to the capital to protest last year. Const.

Ottawa residents said they witnessed traffic disruptions, "incessant" honking, and urination on public property during the Freedom Convoy protest, testifying on the 15th day of the trial of Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, two of the main protest organizers

The judge in the criminal trial of two Freedom Convoy organizers is expected to deliver a ruling on Nov. 3 about the admissibility of internal police documents as evidence.

The judge in the trial of two Freedom Convoy protest organizers has ordered access to internal police documents so that she can determine whether they should be admitted as evidence.

A lawsuit filed by a group of Ottawa residents against participants of the Freedom Convoy is designed to silence expression, lawyers for the defendants say.

Lich should only focus on the evidence of her case and not be a trial of the Freedom Convoy protest itself. Justice Heather E.

"Freedom Convoy" organizer Chris Barber says the initial purpose of the protest was to get the federal government to listen to truck drivers' concerns about cross-border COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

A Windsor police officer has filed a notice of appeal for his conviction of discreditable conduct for his $50 donation to the Ottawa Freedom Convoy. Constable Michael Brisco is appealing his conviction to the Ontario Civilian Police Commission.

Lich was an organizer and activist at the 2022 Freedom Convoy Protests, in which truckers converged on the capital of Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions.

The evidence revealed thus far in the trial of the main Freedom Convoy leaders has failed to support the charges laid by the Crown, according to the lawyer of organizer Tamara Lich.

The judge in the criminal trial of two Freedom Convoy organizers ruled today that portions of redacted internal police documents should be admitted as evidence.

The lawyer for Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is warning the court that the upcoming trial on her criminal charges should not put the entire convoy on trial.

As the one-year anniversary of the truckers' "Freedom Convoy" protest approaches, the City of Ottawa and law enforcement agencies are preparing for an event that will attract an anticipated 500 participants.