CBSA warns of “extensive delays” as Coutts convoy continues

RCMP on Saturday issued a travel advisory due to the large number of people in attendance and that road access in the area had been blocked.

Alberta 511 reports that much of this remains the case on Sunday as the Highway 4/501 junction is closed due to “heavy volume of traffic.”

The trucker convoy has sparked divided opinions among the area’s political leaders as Lethbridge-West MLA Shannon Phillips offered the following statement on social media at 10:08 am Sunday:

“Alberta’s only 24/7 international port of entry is inaccessible this morning, blocked by pro-Covid extremists, including one UCP MLA. As of last reporting, the Village of Coutts remains inaccessible to emergency vehicles. The entire economy in Southern Alberta shuts down if there’s no movement of goods across the border. Jason Kenney says he cares about the economy, but he seems to care more about the pro-Covid, anti-science extremists among his MLAs. Who suffers? People and jobs in Southern Alberta.”

Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter joined the convoy and lent his voice of support to the movement.

Lethbridge MP Rachael Thomas used the hashtag #IStandWithTruckers

by LNN Staff

CBSA warns of “extensive delays” as Coutts convoy continues

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