Canadian port north of Shelby closed due to COVID protest

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations has advised people that while the Port of Sweetgrass remains open, Canadian Border Services Agency has closed the Coutts, Alberta, Port of Entry north of Shelby to inbound traffic.

The closure is due to truckers protesting Canadian measures on COVID-19, which is blocking the highway north of Coutts.

Customs and Border Protection has advised that people need to be aware that travel north into Canada via the Coutts Port of Entry is currently unavailable. Its release adds that people also are advised that even though the Port of Sweetg...