Coutts border traffic stopped by protesters after Alberta announces end to vaccine passports
A truck convoy protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates blocks the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., on Feb. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Traffic to and from the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta. was again blocked by protesters on Tuesday evening.
Protesters have been set up there for more than a week in solidarity with the ongoing protest in Ottawa and similar protests across the country.
The group has vowed not to leave until all provincial health mandates are lifted.
A secondary blockade has also been set up for several days at Milk River, a few kilometres to the north.
RCMP tweeted on Tuesday that traffic in both directions was stopped.
The latest road closure came soon after Premier Jason Kenney announced the province's Exemption Restrictions Program will end at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday and masking rules are being lifted Monday for schools. Mask rules will remain until March 1, but children age 12 and under will be exempt, starting Monday.
Correction
An earlier version of this story said children under 12 will be exempt from mask rules when it is children age 12 and under who are exempt.
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