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(AP) \u2014 Ontario\u2019s premier announced Monday that Canada\u2019s most populous province will lift its COVID-19 proof-of-vaccination requirements in two weeks \u2014 not because of the protests that have blocked the border and paralyzed Ottawa, he said, but because \u201cit is safe to do so.\u201d<\/p>

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The busiest US-Canada border crossing, meanwhile, was open again Monday after police removed the last of the protesters who had bottled up the Ambassador Bridge for nearly a week in a demonstration against Canada\u2019s virus restrictions. But the larger truck-borne protest in the capital, Ottawa, persisted as city residents seethed over authorities\u2019 inability to reclaim the streets.<\/p>\n

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that on March 1, the province will drop its requirement that people show proof of vaccination to get into restaurants, restaurants, gyms and sporting events. A surge of cases caused by the omicron variant has crested in Canada.<\/p>

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The province will also remove its 50 percent capacity limit on restaurants on Thursday, four days earlier than planned. Ford gave no timetable for dropping the requirement that people wear masks in public places.<\/p>

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\u201cLet me very clear: We are moving in this direction because it is safe to do so. Today\u2019s announcement is not because of what\u2019s happening in Ottawa or Windsor but despite it,\u201d Ford said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need law and order. Our country is at risk now. It\u2019s not just not happening here in Ottawa, but it\u2019s happening in Alberta and British Columbia,\u201d Ford said. \u201cWe won\u2019t accept. it\u201d<\/p>

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Trudeau planned to meet virtually with the leaders of Canada\u2019s provinces on Monday morning, as well as with lawmakers.<\/p>\n

The prime minister has so far rejected calls to use the military but has said \u201call options are on the table\u201d to end the protests including invoking emergency measures. Trudeau has called the protesters a \u201cfringe\u201d of Canadian society. Both federal and provincial politicians have said they can\u2019t order police what to do.<\/p>

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Demonstrations against virus restrictions and other issues have bottled up several crossings along the US-Canada border and hurt the economies of both nations. They also inspired similar convoys in France, New Zealand and the Netherlands. US authorities have said that truck convoys may be in the works in the United States.<\/p>

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Police in Windsor, arrested 25 to 30 protesters and towed several vehicles Sunday near the Ambassador Bridge, which links Windsor \u2014 and numerous Canadian auto plants \u2014 with Detroit. The bridge, which carries 25 percent of all trade between the two countries, reopened to traffic late Sunday night.<\/p>\n

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