Thousands of people gathered in Vaughan, northwest of Toronto, to support the “Freedom Convoy 2022” as the convoy rolled through the city en route to Ottawa to protest the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all cross-border truck drivers. On Thursday, at least two groups of truck drivers rolled through the Greater Toronto Area. One passed through Vaughan Mills and will continue toward Kingston later in the afternoon, while truck drivers from the Hamilton and Niagara area departed from Marshall’s Truck Stop on Kenora Ave., proceeding east toward Canada’s capital, the organizer Canada Unity, said in a statement. Over 10,000 trucker drivers from across the country are expected to rendezvous on Parliament Hill on Jan. 29 in a massive demonstration against the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate that took effect on Jan. 15. Under the mandate, truck drivers who have not been fully vaccinated will be required to quarantine for 14 …