Former U.S. Ambassador to Canada and former Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard is calling the Gordie Howe International Bridge the most important infrastructure project in North America as the long-awaited Detroit-to-Windsor span nears its opening.

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens is pushing back as the long-anticipated opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge remains entangled in a broader dispute between the United States and Canada.

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens called Trump’s threat to stall the new border crossing “insane.”

A longtime ally of the U.S. is now on defense after the Trump administration threatened tariffs before hitting the pause button. In Ontario, Canada, some Windsorites say the pause offers some sort of relief.

Traveling from Detroit to Windsor through the tunnel is going to cost you a bit more starting Jan. 15.

Canada is dropping all COVID-19 related requirements to enter the country by land, air or sea, at the end of the month, including testing, vaccination and isolation requirements.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Friday announced measures to help end the Ambassador Bridge blockade.

The city of Windsor is in the process of going to a judge and asking for an injunction to have the provincial police move in and end the blockade; We heard from Windsor’s Mayor Drew Dilkens earlier Thursday (Feb. 10) afternoon.

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Windsor officials are seeking an injunction to end the “illegal occupation” of the Ambassador Bridge, and the city’s mayor said protesting truck drivers “will be removed,” if they don’t leave voluntarily.

The mayor of Windsor spoke about the Ambassador Bridge blockade Thursday as trucker demonstrations continued to stall traffic between Detroit and Canada.

Trucks are lining up in Port Huron because for the third day in a row protesters have managed to shut down the Ambassador Bridge crossing into Canada.

The mayor of the city of Windsor in Ontario, Canada held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to address COVID-related protests that have shut down travel on the Ambassador Bridge.

Ontario has become the fourth Canadian province to announce residents will soon have to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter restaurants, theaters, gyms and other indoor public venues.

Canada will begin letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9, and those from the rest of the world on Sept. 7.

A mayor in Ontario, Canada, says the Canadian government has rejected a creative plan to have people line up inside a U.S. border tunnel to tap into a surplus of COVID-19 vaccine held by Michigan.

There is a plan to hold COVID-19 vaccination clinics in the tunnel connecting Windsor and Detroit so that Canadians can receive unused vaccines.