Photo Credit: Spend A Day Touring, LLC/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Commerce in Montana’s northern communities continues to lag due in part to issues created during the pandemic for various reasons. Senator Jon Tester recently pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to restore pre-pandemic operations to the northern bo...
Border Blockade Near Shelby Reopens
The Montana Free Press reports the blockade of the U.S. – Canada border north of Shelby appears to have ended 18 days after truckers protesting vaccine mandates blocked the highway with their vehicles. The occupation at the Coutts, Alberta – Sweet Grass, Montana border ended after more than a dozen people were arrested ...
Coutts Port Of Entry Re-opens For Traffic
The Coutts port of entry with Canada resumed operations Tuesday after a protest against vaccine mandates by truckers had largely halted traffic for two weeks. Montana shipping companies found ways around the Coutts border across from the Sweet Grass port of entry after being stranded in nearby border towns like Shelby. State Senator Mike Cuffe...
Follow-Up Trucker Rally Planned Near Eureka
The so-called “Freedom Convoy” movement that has swept through Canada over the past few weeks will make its way to the U.S. Saturday where several hundred people are expected to participate in what organizers are calling a “freedom rally” at the Port of Roosville. Participants plan to meet around 12:30 south of Eureka before driving their vehi...
Protesters Agree To Open Traffic Through Canadian Border
Negotiations at the Courts border blockade have resulted in protesters opening up lanes of traffic after a days-long standoff resulted n a total freeze of movement across the U-S Canadian border near Sweet Grass over vaccine mandates for truckers. Billings based Whitewood Transportation Trucking company’s Michael Wilson says the protest made i...
Sweet Grass Holds Protest Against Vaccine Mandate
Saturday, a group of Canadian and American citizens rallied at northern border crossings including the one in Sweet Grass to protest vaccine mandates recently enacted by the U.S. and Canadian governments. Maureen Steele, personal assistant to human rights lawyer Leigh Dundas whose Freedom Fighter Nation organized the rallies, said the rallies ...
Rally In Sweet Grass Set To Protest Border Vaccine Mandate
A number of rallies are scheduled to take place Saturday at noon along the U.S.-Canadian border to protest vaccine mandates for those crossing the border including the port of entry at Sweet Grass. Michael Wilson owner and CEO of Whitewood Transport out of Billings recently detailed the impact that will have on the trucking industry.
Vaccinated Travelers Can Now Pass Through The U.S. – Canadian Border
The United States has kept its land border with Canada closed to non-essential travel since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 but today will allow travelers from Canada as long as they’re fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Travelers entering by land will not have to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test but should be prepared to v...
Montana Anticipating Increased Visitation Following Border Re-Opening
Canada is a significant trading partner for Montana especially in regards to Montana’s almost $4 billion tourism industry. November 8th is the day announced by the Biden administration for reopening of the Canadian border for leisure travel for people who are vaccinated. It has been closed to all but essential travel since March 2020. While t...
Representative Rosendale Talks About Southern Border’s Impact On Montana
November 8th will be the day the border with Canada will be opened for travel. Recently, Representative Matt Rosendale on Voices of Montana talked about the southern border with Mexico where there’s a different kind of problem. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/10-18_637.mp3