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Hours after Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency due to the ongoing demonstration.

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• Dozens of armed police officers and firefighters moved into a parking lot at the Ottawa Baseball Stadium on Coventry Road just before 7 p.m. Sunday, seizing 3,200 litres of fuel being stored in the parking lot.

• “They swooped in, it sounds like, quite quickly and took all the propane and all the fuel and left, in a very big show of force,” reported CTV News Ottawa chief anchor Graham Richardson.  “Some of the truckers are quite angry, started yelling at me. They’re clearly not happy.”

• Police have said the stadium five kilometres away from Parliament Hill has been turned into a staging area for the demonstration over COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health measures. 

• Police have also said several people were arrested downtown on mischief charges for transporting fuel to demonstrators. Deputy Chief Steve Bell told CTV News at Six this is the next step in the enforcement to deal with the ongoing protest downtown.

• “Look at how we limit things moving in and out of the protest area,” Bell said.

• “We’ve really focused and targeted on removing the access of gasoline to the area and we’ve had several seizures and several arrests related to that.”

• Ottawa police said seven people were arrested on Sunday, and 100 tickets were issued.

• Two people were arrested on Coventry Road for mischief.

• Sunday afternoon, Watson declared a state of emergency over the 10-day demonstration that has blocked Wellington Street and other streets around Parliament Hill.

• “Declaring a state of emergency reflects the serious danger and threat to the safety and security of residents posed by the ongoing demonstrations and highlights the need for support from other jurisdictions and levels of government,” said a statement from the city.

• “It also provides greater flexibility within the municipal administration to enable the City of Ottawa to manage business continuity for essential services for its residents and enables a more flexible procurement process, which could help purchase equipment required by frontline workers and first responders.”