COUTTS, Alta.—In windy southern Alberta, reaching the site of the protesting truckers by Coutts near the Canada-U.S. border is nearly impossible via motor vehicle. Only local residents, those on official business, or media with credentials are allowed past lines of RCMP and Sheriff’s officers blockading the roads. The truckers have been blocking the major border crossing since late January, demanding that COVID-19 mandates be lifted. The protest is part of a large movement initially started by truck drivers opposed to the federal government’s requirement that all drivers crossing the border need to have COVID-19 vaccination. Since large convoys of trucks and other vehicles converged in Ottawa on Jan. 29, other similar protests have emerged in different parts of the country. About 30 kilometres north of Coutts, truckers seeking to cross south of the border with their cargo cue up on Thursday Feb. 10, waiting to get through. But it looks …