Police ticketing, warning truckers to leave Canada's capital

Police in Canada’s capital are telling protesting truckers who’ve paralyzed the city for more than two weeks that it’s time to leave

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Ottawa police trying to break the nearly three-week siege of the capital by truckers protesting Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions began handing out leaflets Wednesday warning drivers to leave immediately or risk arrest.

Authorities in yellow “police liaison” vests went from truck to truck, knocking on the doors of the rigs parked outside the Parliament building, to inform drivers they could lose their licenses and see their vehicles seized under Canada’s Emergencies Act if they don't move.

Police also began ticketing vehicles.

Some truckers ripped up the order, and one protester shouted, “I will never go home!” At least one trucker pulled away from Parliament Hill.