US-Canada border crossing in Alberta reopens after protesters pull out

The U.S.-Canada border crossing at Coutts, Alberta, reopened on Tuesday after protesters ended a two-week blockade that had disrupted millions of dollars in trade. 

The Canada Border Services Agency reported that normal operations resumed. Videos shared on social media showed a convoy of semi-trucks and other vehicles driving away with their horns blasting.

“It’s definitely bittersweet leaving here,” Jory Evans, a spokesperson for the protesters, said during a live video streamed via Facebook. 

With the end of the Coutts blockade, just one border — in Emerson, Manitoba — remained closed by a protest. The Ambassador Bridge, the busiest commercial crossing between the U.S. and Canada, reopened late Sunday after police removed the remaining protesters. On Monday, normal operations resumed at the Pacific Highway border crossing in British Columbia, after police cleared a protest that had been causing serious disruptions.