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Ontario declares state of emergency, threatening fines and jail time to end blockade
Court grants an injunction to remove protesters from the bridge between Windsor and Detroit
The province of Ontario has invoked a state of emergency and says it will use the threat of hefty fines, jail time and vehicle licence seizures to end a blockade that has crippled trade between Canada and the United States.
Border traffic at the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor to Detroit, has been shut down since Monday as part of a nationwide protest against pandemic restrictions, snarling nearly C$300m (US$235m) of trade each day.
Read the original article at The Guardian