Organizer disbands Coutts Blockade
LETHBRIDGE, AB. — Tractors, trucks and other vehicles have begun to roll out of a Coutts, ending a blockade that paralyzed a U-S border crossing for more than two weeks.
Protesters had been restricting access to the main Alberta border crossing since Jan. 29 in a rally against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and broader health restrictions.
The convoy left one day after RCMP arrested 13 people and seized a cache of firearms and ammunition.
The organizer of the blockade felt they have accomplished what they set out to do and became concerned when a group were arrested and found to have weapons on the site.