Vaccine Protest Snarls Canada-U.S. Border Crossing for Fifth Day
Traffic obstructed at major highway at Alberta and Montana border
A truck convoy of anti-Covid-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators continue to block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Canada, on Feb. 2.
Photographer: Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press/APTwo lanes of traffic have reopened at one of Canada’s busiest border crossings five days after a group of vehicles blocked the highway to protest vaccine mandates for truckers.
The blockade has been snarling traffic and stranding truck shipments on a major highway connecting Alberta to Montana since Saturday, and government officials are saying the move is having a “material impact” on Canada’s economy. But now truckers are opening up lanes because they feel some of their concerns are being recognized, according to Chad Williamson, a lawyer who has been retained to offer on-site legal services to protesters.