Tag: blockade

RCMP Begins Removing Protesters, Vehicles, as Truck Blockade at Canada-US Border

A truck blockade in southern Alberta at the Canada-U.S. border has entered its fourth day with the RCMP announcing that it will take action to remove the vehicles blocking traffic. Alberta RCMP says the protesters, who have been blocking Highway 4, south of Lethbridge, Alta., have refused to budge despite the police’s efforts to find…


Truck Blockade at US-Canada Border Enters Fourth Day

A truck blockade in southern Alberta at the United States border has entered its fourth day. The convoy of trucks and other vehicles has blocked the highway at the Coutts border in solidarity with the protests in Ottawa against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. Police say the protest is not lawful, and they have resources in…


Alberta Premier Says Truckers’ Border Blockade Violates Traffic Laws, Must End

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is calling for an immediate end to a truck convoy that’s blockaded a highway at a busy Canada-U.S. border crossing as part of a national protest against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions, saying that the blockade violates Alberta’s Traffic Safety Act.. The Canada Border Services Agency said the border crossing at Coutts,…


Alberta Convoy Blocks Canada-US Border in Support of Protests in Ottawa

A trucker convoy continues to block a highway at a busy Canada-U.S. border crossing for a second day as part of a national protest against COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. The Canada Border Services Agency said the border crossing at Coutts, Alta., has remained open despite the blockade on Highway 4, but the RCMP says only foot…


Cuba: The Dictatorship and the ‘Blockade’ Lie

Commentary Cuba is a dictatorship that uses terror and propaganda to repress its people. It locks up citizens, strips them of the most basic human rights, silences them, and confronts families using extortion and threats. The regime’s constant practices of illegal detention, personal ruin of political dissidents, and limitation of fundamental rights have nothing to do with any blockade or…