Truckers ‘Freedom Convoy’ Protests Disrupt Ambassador Bridge on U.S.-Canada Border

Protesters fighting Covid-19 vaccine mandates quickly stopped two-way targeted traffic on the busiest intercontinental land-border crossing in North The united states, as a almost two-week demonstration in Ottawa threatened to expand and disrupt U.S.-Canada trade.

Authorities in Canada and the U.S. claimed the Ambassador Bridge, a 1.6-mile corridor that connects Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, was briefly closed late Monday night for the reason that of a demonstration by truckers and their supporters. The protesters are calling for governments to rescind Covid-19 policies necessitating people to be completely vaccinated to enter eating places and gyms or to board planes and trains.