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FREEDOM CONVOY'Mandate protesters block border north of ShelbyBy JUSTIN FRANZMontana Free PressSWEET GRASS — A large group of truckers is blocking the U.S.-Canada border with their vehicles north of Shelby this week to protest a vaccine mandate for truck drivers who travel between the two countries.The blockade is an offshoot of a Canadian protest dubbed the “Freedom Convoy” that converged on Parliament Hill in Ottawa last Saturday to air grievances about the mandate and other pandemic policies of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.The blockade just over the border in Coutts, Alberta, began over the weekend, according to Canadian law enforcement. A spokesperson for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told Montana Free Press that what began as a peaceful protest has turned into an “unlawful blockade” that is hindering commerce and other services in the area. On Tuesday morning, RCMP officers ordered the drivers to stop blocking the highway just north of the border crossing. Some complied with the order,See BORDER, A6THE LAST truck blocking the southbound lane moves after a breakthrough resolved the impasse where anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators blocked the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alberta, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (Jeff McIntosh /The Canadian Press via AP)
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