US Shuts Border Road, Canada Builds Parallel One

0:00It's March 31st, welcome to Global News Today, powered by AI and connected Worldwide. The U.S. government is shutting down a nine-mile stretch of border road along the Montana Alberta line, starting July 1st, all for security reasons, like rising migration and drug flows. This road sits fully on the American side, but Alberta's Warner County has kept it up for over eight decades, letting farmers and families cross freely. Since the 1940s. Now that easy access ends, hitting two Canadian homes that rely on it, even as thousands of trucks roll through the nearby official crossing daily, hauling billions in two-way trade each year. Locals on both sides feel the sting, calling it an unfortunate barrier that splits tightened neighbors who share farms, friends, and history like. Kids biking across back in the day. Alberta stepping up with $8 million Canadian dollars for a parallel road just for their folks, breaking ground this April and wrapping by summer. So those border bonds stay strong, despite the divide.