Key US-Canada bridge reopens after police clear final protesters

Police say arrests were made and vehicles towed away at the border crossing near Windsor amid rallies against COVID-19 measures. The Ambassador Bridge, the busiest border crossing between the United States and Canada, has reopened after police cleared anti-coronavirus protesters who had occupied the bridge for almost a week. The bridge’s owner, Detroit International Bridge Co, said in a statement that “the Ambassador Bridge is now fully open allowing the free flow of commerce between the Canada and US economies once again.” Police in Windsor on the Canadian side of the border, said earlier that more than two dozen people were peacefully arrested, seven vehicles were towed away and five seized near the bridge that links the city – and numerous Canadian car plants – with the US city of Detroit. — Windsor Police February 13, 2022 “We are protesting the government taking away our rights,” said Windsor resident Eunice Lucas-Logan. They said that would beef up enforcement capabilities that had been limited by “safety concerns – arising from aggressive, illegal behaviour by many demonstrators – limited police enforcement capabilities”.