Businesses near the Coutts, Alta., border crossing are facing another month of uncertainty, following an announcement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday to extend the closure of the Canada-U.S.
border to non-essential travel by 30 days. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the land border has remained open for essential travel, including the transportation of goods and travel for work purposes, but the owner of the Double Tree Inn, a business based out of Coutts, said there’s no doubt the closure to non-essential travel has been hard on businesses in the area. “We get say, 95 per cent of our business with the border being open,” Will Harty said. “I might have had about four rooms rented this last month.” Despite the struggle to fill