The story in Ottawa tonight one of a crowd of protesters just east of Parliament where Wellington Street heads towards McKenzie Street and Sussex Drive and then Wellington becomes Rideau Street.
The police pushed protesters westwards from the area of Sussex Drive and now have them pushed back to Wellington and McKenzie closer to Parliament...VIDEO LINK
The police saying they have made over 100 arrests today and towed 21 vehicles....(Ottawa Police Twitter)
Also this evening a crowd is still present directly in front of Parliament and truck engines are also running there.
People are walking on Wellington Street in front of Parliament.
The police have claimed that they have been assaulted in sone cases.
Mounted units of police charged into the protesters today with police claiming they were needed to create "safe space".
The linked video shows the trampling of protesters by the horses. You can see it some 11 seconds into the video...TWITTER VIDEO MARIE OAKES
The protest leader Chris Barber arrested released on 100-thousand dollars bail with conditions that he no longer be involved in the protest...(Canadian Press)
THIS 35 MINUTE VIDEO INCLUDES THE ENCOUNTER BY THE FORMER RCMP OFFICER DANIEL BULFORD AND OTHER PROTESTERS WITH POLICE IN FRONT OF HIM TODAY YOU SEE IT JUST AFTER 22 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS INTO THE VIDEO.
THE PROTESTERS ARE TRYING TO REACH THE POLICE TO URGE THEM TO SWITCH SIDES...VIDEO LINK
Hundreds in the crowd protesting maybe 100 police in a line in front of them on Wellington Street this is in front of the Chateau Laurier Hotel.
There are people and trucks on Wellington Street in the area of Parliament tonight.
SOME ADDITIONAL VIDEO PUT OUT THIS EVENING SHOWING AT 10 MINUTES 35 SECONDS INTO IT POLICE ARRESTING THE FORMER RCMP OFFICER DANIEL BULFORD WHO RESIGNED OVER THE VACCINE MANDATE.
POLICE TAKING DOWN PROTESTERS AGAIN JUST AFTER 17 MINUTES INTO THE VIDEO...VIDEO LINK
THIS VIDEO IS A SHORT CLIP OF THAT ARREST OF DANIEL BULFORD ALSO KNOWN AS AN ORGANIZER OF THE TRUCKER CONVOY PROTEST ON THE STREET TODAY...
Here's what the mainstream media is dishing out tonight CBC News is saying that the debate in Parliament on the Emergencies Act suspended today for the police assault on the protesters will resume tomorrow...CBC NEWS
Global News reports in its story tonight that police have a perimeter around the core of Ottawa with 100 checkpoints to only allow in persons with a "lawful" purpose.
It starts at Bronson Avenue in the West to the Rideau Canal in the East and on the South the expressway Highway 417...GLOBAL NEWS
And from CP 24 News in Toronto the story of a government official losing her job over a 100 dollar donation to the Trucker Freedom Convoy.
Marion Isabeau-Ringuette was communications director for Ontario's Solicitor General...CP 24 NEWS
What we are seeing tonight in the videos plenty of trucks southwest of Parliament Hill on Kent Street a one-way street that goes north from Highway 417 up to Wellington Street.
THIS VIDEO FROM TWITTER SHOWING POLICE BEATING A PROTESTER AND THEY SAY KIDNAPPING A CHILD IT MSM VIDEO FROM GLOBAL NEWS...TWITTER VIDEO
ONE MORE THING THIS VIDEO IS OVERHEAD IT POINTS WESTWARD ON WELLINGTON STREET TOWARDS PARLIAMENT THE CHATEAU LAURIER HOTEL BACK AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE THE POLICE BARRICADE AS OF 1 AM SATURDAY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL...HIGH UP VIDEO VIEW OF WELLINGTON STREET 1 AM SATURDAY 2/19/2022
Also a sense of police trying early Saturday morning to block access to Parliament Hill on some of the streets nearby. The ones on the east side it seems.
The weather forecast pointing to two to three inches of snow between now and 10 am Saturday in Ottawa.
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