Category Archives: Transport
Police in Manitoba prepare for more convoys, counter-protests over the weekend
WINNIPEG — RCMP say they have not arrested or ticketed anyone involved in a blockade near the U.S. border crossing in southern Manitoba. Officers were at the protest near Emerson and were continuing to work with organizers to reach a
Alberta family misses chance to say goodbye to dying mother because of border protest
COUTTS, Alta. — A woman says her family members couldn't say goodbye to their dying mother because of protesters blocking the main U.S. border crossing in southern Alberta. Megan Allan of Medicine Hat, Alta., said her aunts tried to come back
Doctors and tourism industry calling on Ottawa to end COVID-19 testing requirements
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable is joining a group of doctors to demand the federal government end all COVID-19 testing requirements for passengers. In a statement Thursday, the organization says current travel rules are ...
RCMP say main U.S. border crossing in Manitoba closed by vehicle convoy
Traffic was almost at a standstill Thursday as yet anotherprotest against COVID-19 restrictions blocked the main border crossing between Manitoba and the United States. About three dozen trailer trucks, tractors, pickups and snowmobiles halted traffic ...
Trucker border blockades tighten bottlenecks on choked food and auto supply chains
Amid delivery backlogs and bottlenecked ports, trucker blockades at U.S. border crossing points have added more pressure to an already overloaded supply chain, with the food and automotive sectors particularly vulnerable. Since Monday, protesters have ...
‘We’re not going anywhere’: Alberta border protesters won’t move to new site
COUTTS, Alta. — Alberta RCMP officers were met with anger and chants of "Hell no, we won't go" Wednesday as they attempted to persuade protesters camped at a United States border crossing to move to another location. "We're not going anywhere.
Winnipeg mayor calls for special council meeting to discuss trucker protest
WINNIPEG — Mayor Brian Bowman appeared frustrated Tuesday with a trucker protest against COVID-19 restrictions in its fifth day outside the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg. Bowman said while he and other politicians cannot direct police actions, he wa...
Vaccine mandate ‘not an issue at all,’ CEO of Canada’s largest trucking company says
MONTREAL — Canada's largest trucking company is virtually untouched by the vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border, says TFI International Inc. chairman and CEO Alain Bédard. “Vaccination at TFI is not an issue at all," he told ana...
Alberta border blockade hampered by tow trucks reluctant to haul away vehicles: RCMP
COUTTS, Alta. — RCMP say removal of trucks and other vehicles from a protest in southern Alberta against pandemic restrictions is being hampered by towing companies that don’t want to help. “Moving (massive) vehicles like these require special equipmen...
Airlines cancel flights, call for travel restriction rollbacks des[ glimmers of hope
Canada's two main airlines continue to slash their schedules and demand that Ottawa roll back COVID-19 travel restrictions to staunch the cash bleed — though experts see glimmers of hope on the horizon. WestJet Airlines Ltd. has cancelled 20 per cent