Vaccine Tensions Simmer in Canada; Ottawa Protesters Dig In
- Smoke bomb deployed in Toronto; hit-and-run in Winnipeg
- ‘This is an extremely polarizing situation:’ Winnipeg police
Protestors gather at Queens Park and Bloor Street West during a demonstration in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Feb. 5.
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Tensions boiled over at protests against vaccine mandates in two Canadian cities Saturday as a smoke bomb was deployed in Toronto and four men were injured in a hit-and-run incident in Winnipeg.
Toronto police arrested a 22-year-old man on the north side of Queen’s Park after he set off a smoke bomb, officials said in a Twitter post. In Winnipeg, police arrested a 42-year-old man who drove through a group of protesters downtown. Three men suffered minor injuries and a fourth was treated in a hospital and released. In Vancouver, police arrested five people amid reports of cars being kicked and nails being thrown on roadways.