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OTTAWA — Police officers descended on anti-government protesters in Ottawa on Friday, arresting at least 100 people and towing more than 20 vehicles in a push to end a three-week occupation that has reverberated across sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and around the world.

The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, in Ottawa and various locations across sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. All times eastern: 10:00 p.m.

Politicians are denouncing what police have called a violent confrontation in separate attacks against officers and employees at a construction site for a natural gas pipeline being built across northern British Columbia.

IQALUIT, NUNAVUT — Travellers to Nunavut who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 or partially vaccinated will no longer have to isolate in one of the government's isolation hotels in Southern sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

WASHINGTON — Journalists in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and the United States, veterans of a daily grind that entails tracking down and chatting up newsmakers, politicians and ordinary citizens by whatever means necessary, are encountering a very different — and hostile

The country’s top doctor says sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is past the peak of the COVID-19 wave caused by the Omicron variant and is ready to move out of a crisis response.

Protests against COVID-19 restrictions have taken place around the world since the beginning of the pandemic.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 18 ... What we are watching in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ ...

OTTAWA — Several Abbott brand powdered infant formula products are being recalled due to possible contamination by Cronobacter sakazakii and salmonella bacterium.

Far out in deep space, four times the distance between Earth and its moon, a piece of Canadian technology that could help reshape our understanding of the universe has passed its first crucial tests.