Coutts blockade causing mixed emotions among business owners near Milk River

After five days blocking the highway, protesters opened one lane of traffic in either direction, allowing border crossings to resume late Wednesday. For businesses near the border, the increase of people attending the blockade has been an unexpected boost after a slow two years of cross-border travel and tourists. “Just the last five, six days, the injection of people into the community and the money being spent in the business and throughout the whole town has been wonderful,” said