Demonstrators at Coutts on Saturday, Jan. 29 2022. (Photo Courtesy Jake Zacharias / Lethbridge News Now)

By Canadian Press

Truck blockade continues at U.S. border as RCMP ready to make arrests, tow vehicles

Feb 1, 2022 | 10:23 AM

UPDATE 11:30 a.m. Feb. 1: Truckers and their supporters who are protesting COVID-19 measures including mandatory vaccinations for drivers crossing the border are still blockading a southern Alberta port of entry, but developments are threatening to heat up.

Police say the line of commercial vehicles, camper vans and other vehicles parked at the Coutts crossing is about half what it was as temperatures have dipped into the minus 20s Celsius.

The original story is below.

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COUTTS, AB – A blockade in southern Alberta at the United States border is entering its fourth day.

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A convoy of commercial trucks, vehicles and camper vans has been blocking the highway at the Coutts border crossing since Saturday to protest COVID-19 restrictions.

Mounties said in a statement last night that they thought there was a path to resolve the matter, but protesters chose not to comply.

They say the protest is no longer lawful, and resources are in place to make arrests and tow away vehicles.

Some demonstrators say they have no plans to leave.

Coutts Mayor Jim Willett says he wants them gone, as mail can’t be delivered and some kids haven’t been able to go to school because their bus can’t get into the community.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 1, 2022.

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