Canadian port north of Shelby closed due to COVID protest

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations has advised people that while the Port of Sweetgrass remains open, Canadian Border Services Agency has closed the Coutts, Alberta, Port of Entry north of Shelby to inbound traffic.

The closure is due to truckers protesting Canadian measures on COVID-19, which is blocking the highway north of Coutts.

Customs and Border Protection has advised that people need to be aware that travel north into Canada via the Coutts Port of Entry is currently unavailable. Its release adds that people also are advised that even though the Port of Sweetgrass remains open, their ability to enter the United States at the border crossing may be impeded by the continued closure of Canadian Highway 4 north of the Coutts Port of Entry.

CBP encourages people who are traveling or planning international travel via the Sweetgrass Port of Entry to seek to alternate routes utilizing a different port of entry. A list of ports of entry in Montana may be found on CBP’s official website at https://www.cbp.gov/contact/ports/mt .

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