Category: pacific highway

‘Here for the Long Haul’: Convoy Protest Digs In at BC-Washington Border Crossing

SURREY, B.C.—Despite the RCMP’s revamped efforts to prevent a convoy of trucks and other vehicles from establishing a stronger presence at the Pacific Highway Border Crossing in Surrey, B.C., one truck managed to get past the police blockade. On Feb. 12, an initial surge of approximately 20 commercial and personal vehicles had broken through the…


Protesting Vehicles Break Through Police Roadblock at Border Connecting BC and Washington State, Block Access

SURREY, B.C.—A few vehicles forming a convoy broke through an RCMP roadblock at the Pacific Highway border crossing connecting B.C. to Washington state on Feb. 12, joining other protesters who were present on foot to block the border. RCMP had set up roadblocks on the morning of Feb. 12 to limit vehicle access to the…