Canada truckers extend border blockade, fuel copycats abroad

Addressing reporters outside the House of Commons, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the trucker blockades 'unacceptable'

Canada: trucker-led protesters enter 14th day of blockade

Trucker-led protests against coronavirus restrictions in Canada shut down another US border crossing Thursday, as copycat movements gathered steam overseas and Washington called on its northern neighbor to use federal powers to end the blockades.

Washington stepped up its pressure too, with the White House saying that US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas "called his Canadian counterparts, urging them to use federal powers to resolve this situation at our joint border."