A major clean-up was underway in Ottawa's snowy downtown

where police in riot gear had faced off with trucker-led demonstrators for two full days, finally driving them out of their protest hub outside parliament.

"I'm very happy to have my city back," Jeff Lindley, who lives and works downtown, told AFP. "It's so much better today, calmer and quieter without the ominous presence of all the trucks and protesters."

Ottawa interim police Chief Steve Bell told a news conference "many of the unlawful protesters are gone."

But he added, "We're not done this operation yet," explaining that authorities were on watch to "make sure that nobody returns to occupy our streets again."

A few protesters stayed late into Saturday night, singing '80s protest anthems and setting off fireworks outside a hastily erected four–meter-high (13-foot) security fence surrounding the parliamentary precinct.

But the last gasp protest-turned-street-party fizzled as a deep freeze gripped the city.

- 'Cops everywhere' -

Early Sunday, police were manning checkpoints restricting access to a 500-acre (200-hectare) downtown area, while a sizable force remained on standby to defend the ground reclaimed from the truckers.

An AFP journalist saw only a handful of protesters in the area, testing the perimeter.

One who gave his name only as John said he was packing it in after wandering for hours with a Canadian flag in hand.

"It's pretty locked down, all I see is cops everywhere," he told AFP.

Ottawa police issued a reminder that the core area remains off-limits except to local residents and workers, and advised any remaining protesters to leave or risk arrest.

Bell said four people had been arrested inside the security zone -- for a total of 191, including protest leaders, since police moved in on Friday.

He said 79 vehicles had been towed out of the city center -- paralyzed since January 29 when hundreds of trucks, RVs and other vehicles parked there in protest.

Meanwhile, crews took down the last tents, food stands and other makeshift structures erected by demonstrators, and cleared snow from streets in preparation for local businesses to reopen.

For the first time since the big rigs drove into the capital, Ottawa residents were not awakened by the incessant honking that had become a staple of the protests.

Dave Chapin, out and about for the first time in weeks after feeling "hemmed in," gave a thumbs up to police patrolling his downtown neighborhood.

"People have a right to protest, but at the end of the day after you've made your point you go home," he said. "These guys just stayed -- honking and intimidating (locals) and disrupting our lives."

"These past weeks have been absolute hell," he added.

- Keep fighting -

Refusing to admit defeat after being dislodged, many protesters told AFP they would keep pressing their cause.

"The protest will go on forever in my heart," Nicole Craig said as she headed home Saturday evening.

Although pandemic health rules in Canada have eased as case numbers trend downward, protesters continued calling for a full lifting of restrictions, which have been among the world's strictest.

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