Ottawa crackdown: police arrest 100 after 3-week protest
By ROB GILLIES, WILSON RING and ROBERT BUMSTED OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police arrested scores of demonstrators and towed away vehicles Friday in Canada's besieged capital, and a stream of trucks started leaving under the pressure, raising authorities' hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country's COVID-19 restrictions. By evening, at least 100 people had been arrested, mostly on mischief