‘That horn is designed to be a wake-up call’: a journey through the streets of Ottawa during the ‘Freedom Rally’ occupation

Many of the protesters say they are attempting to be respectful, but Ottawa residents are fed up with noise, traffic, and hateful incidents, and they want their city back.
As I walked through the streets of downtown Ottawa on Feb. 3, where the city's Parliament Hill and its surrounding neighbourhood have been occupied since Jan. 29 by protesters who say they won't leave until the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, there were people cheering, dancing, waving flags, and...

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