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OTTAWA—Hundreds of motorcycles have gathered at the parking lot of St. Laurent Shopping Centre, preparing to pay homage to veterans at the National War Memorial later this morning.
According to the Rolling Thunder organizing team, the convoy will be dispatched in a package of 75 bikes, with each batch following a police controlled vehicle for the entire ride.
Rolling Thunder bike convoy at parking lot of St. Laurent Shopping Centre in Ottawa on April 30, 2022 (Annie Wu/The Epoch Times)
Police have established an exclusion zone to prevent protest vehicle access to the core areas of Ottawa’s downtown.