RCMP Adds More Officers as it Attempts to Clear Blockade at US-Canada Border

Protesters demonstrating against COVID-19 mandates gather as a truck convoy blocks the highway at the U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., on Feb. 1, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

RCMP has called for more officers to help remove the blockade by trucks and other vehicles at the U.S. border crossing in southern Alberta.

The vehicles have blocked the path in solidarity with trucker convoys that have driven to Ottawa to protest COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. The protest in Alberta has entered its fifth day.