Enforcement to remove Coutts border blockade to begin Wednesday afternoon: RCMP

Enforcement will begin Wednesday afternoon to reopen traffic to the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts which is being blocked by an ongoing protest, according to RCMP. The blockade has been ongoing for more than a week, in solidarity with the trucker protest in Ottawa and other parts of the country. Lanes have been open in each direction, however traffic was shut down once again about 8 p.m. Tuesday, soon after Premier Jason Kenney announced the province was ending the Restrictions Exemption Program a