- Freedom Convoy truckers left the Ambassador Bridge Saturday when Windsor Police arrived at the blockadee on the US-Canada border – more than 12 hours after a court order to end the blockade took effect
- Police descended on the scene around 8:30 a.m., warning protesters to ‘act lawfully’
- Many left without any resistance, but some are standing their ground
- Other protesters dismantled small tarp-covered encampments and swept the area
- All vehicles had been removed from the blockade near the bridge north of College Avenue at Huron Church Road, but the bridge remains closed
- Officers remain in a standoff with a group of protesters who are ‘holding the line’ at the bridge entrance
- No arrests have been made as of 12 noon
- The ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests, which began in Ottawa by Canadian truckers opposing a vaccinate-or-quarantine mandate for cross-border drivers, entered its 16th day on Saturday
- Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said Friday that the government wants to see protesters leave voluntarily but steps will be taken to have them removed if they refuse to do so
- Conservative Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday declared a state of emergency, threatening fines and jail
- US group ‘Convoy to Save America’ is launching convoys from Nashville and New York City this weekend
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