Windsor’s Ambassador Bridge border crossing reopens following COVID-19 protest
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Traffic was flowing normally across Ambassador Bridge for the first time in nearly a week, the Canada Border Services Agency confirmed just before midnight Sunday.
One of the nation’s busiest border crossings reopened late Sunday following a days-long protest against COVID-19 measures some characterized as an “illegal occupation” at the foot of the Ambassador Bridge.
Traffic was flowing normally across the bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit for the first time in nearly a week, the Canada Border Services Agency confirmed just before midnight Sunday.
“The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) can confirm that travellers and commercial carriers are now being processed entering Canada at the Ambassador Bridge port of entry,” said Judith Gadbois-St-Cyr, a spokeswoman for the agency.
Windsor Police have posted a tweet requesting that people not call their 911 Communications Centre for information regarding the reopening of the bridge, saying those lines need to remain open for emergencies only.
The bridge sees hundreds of millions of dollars in imports and exports cross it each day, and politicians on both sides of the border decried the economic impact of the protest.
Police removed protesters from the site earlier Sunday, making more than two dozen arrests and drawing praise from Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens.
“Today, our national economic crisis at the Ambassador bridge came to an end,” he said in a written statement.
“I want to offer my sincere thanks to all law enforcement personnel involved for their determined, yet compassionate approach to the occupation.”
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