U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra discussed February’s seven-day blockage of the Ambassador Bridge during a supply chain meeting May 24 in Washington, Alghabra said.
May 25, 2022vaccine mandate
Government, Safety, Logistics, TCA 
An empty border crossing to the Ambassador Bridge Feb. 9. Protests over the vaccine mandate in Canada blocked the bridge, leading to its shutdown. (Galit Rodan/Bloomberg News)
Buttigieg, Canadian Official Discuss Takeaways From Bridge Shutdown
An empty border crossing to the Ambassador Bridge Feb. 9. Protests over the vaccine mandate in Canada blocked the bridge, leading to its shutdown. (Galit Rodan/Bloomberg News) Government, Business, Safety 
Truck are loaded with salt for transport, one of the goods that Idaho company Pocock Trucking hauls. (Pocock Trucking)
Idaho Truckers Share Vaccine Mandate Concerns
Truck are loaded with salt for transport, one of the goods that Idaho company Pocock Trucking hauls. (Pocock Trucking)Shortages in potatoes and foodstuff for cattle are likely next year due to the ongoing U.S.-Canadian vaccine mandate disrupting border freight, Idaho truckers recently told their congressman.
April 28, 2022 Government, Business, Safety 
"We put together a very strong case backed with data — not rhetoric, not emotion," American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear says. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
ATA President Spear Gives Inside Look at Supreme Court Win
"We put together a very strong case backed with data — not rhetoric, not emotion," American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear says. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear in an exclusive interview for Transport Topics’ Newsmakers series shared behind-the scenes details on ATA’s decision to lead a challenge to the Biden administration’s proposed vaccine mandate for large companies.
February 25, 2022 Government, Business, Safety 
A man steps out of truck as police move in to clear downtown Ottawa Feb. 19. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)
Trucks Towed, Protesters Arrested as Ottawa Slowly Clears
A man steps out of truck as police move in to clear downtown Ottawa Feb. 19. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)OTTAWA, Ontario —Hundreds of police in riot gear swept through the streets of Canada’s besieged capital Feb. 19, arresting or driving out protesters, towing away their trucks and finally retaking control of the streets in front of the country’s Parliament buildings.
February 19, 2022 Government, Business, Safety 
A trucker, in red jacket, is led away by police officers after stepping out of his truck. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)
Ottawa Police Arrest Dozens After 3-Week Protest
A trucker, in red jacket, is led away by police officers after stepping out of his truck. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)OTTAWA — Police began arresting protesters Feb. 18 in a bid to break the three-week-long string of protests around Canada’s capital by hundreds of truckers angry over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
February 18, 2022 Government, Business, Safety 
Ottawa police speak with a driver as they distribute notices to protesters Feb. 16. (Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via Associated Press)
Ottawa Police Step Up Efforts to Get Protesting Truckers to Leave
Ottawa police speak with a driver as they distribute notices to protesters Feb. 16. (Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via Associated Press)OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa’s police chief was ousted Feb. 15 amid criticism of his inaction against the trucker protests that have paralyzed Canada’s capital for over two weeks, while the number of blockades maintained by demonstrators at the U.S. border dropped to just one.
February 16, 2022 Government, Business, Safety, Logistics 
Truck drivers and others protest COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Ottawa Feb. 12. (Ted Shaffrey/Associated Press)
Canada Plans to Tow Trucks, Freeze Protesting Truckers' Accounts
Truck drivers and others protest COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in Ottawa Feb. 12. (Ted Shaffrey/Associated Press)Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking emergency powers across all of Canada to quell protests by demonstrators who have paralyzed Ottawa and blocked border crossings in anger over the country’s COVID-19 restrictions.
February 15, 2022 Government, Business, Safety, Logistics 
Police walk the line to remove all truckers and supporters in Windsor Feb 13. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)
Police Begin Arresting Mandate Protesters; Vital Bridge Still Closed
Police walk the line to remove all truckers and supporters in Windsor Feb 13. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)WINDSOR, Ontario — Police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing on Feb. 13, ending a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that has hurt the economy of both nations even as they held back from a crackdown on a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa.
February 13, 2022 Government, Business 
How ATA Stopped the Vaccine Mandate
Join TT’s Dan Ronan as he interviews ATA President Chris Spear and gets a behind-the-scenes look at how ATA took the industry’s case against the vaccine-or-test mandate all the way to the Supreme Court – and won.
February 11, 2022 Government, Business, Logistics 
Cones block an entrance to the Ambassador Bridge entrance to Canada Tuesday in Detroit. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via Associated Press)
Border Blockage Continues as Some Canadian Provinces Ease COVID Restrictions
Cones block an entrance to the Ambassador Bridge entrance to Canada Tuesday in Detroit. (Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press via Associated Press)TORONTO — A rapidly growing list of Canadian provinces moved to lift their COVID-19 restrictions as protesters decrying virus precautions kept up the pressure with truck blockades Feb. 9 in the capital and at key U.S. border crossings, including the economically vital bridge to Detroit.
February 9, 2022