Standoff Looms as Canada Protest Snarls Border: Virus Update
Health workers at a Covid-19 testing facility in Discovery Bay on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on Feb. 9.
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At least six auto plants around the U.S.-Canada border have temporarily halted work as the impact from a protest blocking truck traffic into Detroit begins rippling through both nations’ economies. The border city of Windsor, Ontario is seeking a court injunction to end the protest, setting the stage for a potential confrontation with demonstrators.
Law-enforcement agencies across the U.S. are bracing for the possibility that a trucker protest could begin this Super Bowl weekend and carry into March.