Traffic problems expected this evening during downtown demonstration

Posted May 29, 2012 01:30:32 PM.

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Ottawa police are warning drivers to brace for delays as a student demonstration takes over the downtown core this evening.

The protest is expected to start around 6 p.m. in the Confederation Park area. About 500 university students from Ottawa and Gatineau are marching in solidarity with students in Quebec, who have been protesting proposed tuition fee hikes.

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