Whatcom’s truck crossing closed for 2nd straight weekend by Canadian protesters at border

The truck crossing from Whatcom County was closed for a second consecutive weekend due to a protest on the Canadian side of the U.S.-Canada border on Saturday.

The Washington State Department of Transportation tweeted about the closure of the State Route 543 border crossing in Blaine at 12:27 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, Like the closure the week before, other crossings from Whatcom County remained open.

A series of releases by the Surrey (B.C.) Royal Canadian Mounted Police through the weekend stated that the RCMP was “aware and continuously monitoring the protest activity that has been allegedly planned for today in the area of the Pacific Highway Border Crossing. While police respect the right to protest, enforcement will be taken in the event protest activity becomes unlawful.”