The United States, which prevents Canadian access to South Alberta province for a long time

Along the border between Canada and the United States, it runs the border remotely from the road used by some of Warner Province in southern Alberta for decades.

There is only one problem. It is on the American side of the border.

Canadians have long relied on the border road, although in Montana, because it intersects with many Alberta roads. For decades, the boycott had an agreement with the nearby province of Toul, Mont, where their American counterparts would provide gravel and Warner kept the road, which reflects Deep bonding Between the two provinces.

The population has long been able to use the road without the need to pass through an official border crossing, even at times when the United States had previously sought to enhance border security.

But starting next July, Canadians will be restricted to the use of Border Road without passing first via an official border crossing. After months of rumors that this change in the daily life of his boycott may be on the way, Reef Randy Taylor from Warner said the timetable for closing Canadian access to the road was confirmed at a meeting with American internal security last week.

“No one loves change, but I think he would have come for a long time,” said Taylor.

“It is unfortunate, but it will happen.”

In place, the province plans to build a new route on the Canadian side of the border.

Border security efforts

Alberta RCMP previously worked closely with American agencies, including American customs and borders, to secure the region, which had a high concentration of border monitoring technology. But the new restrictions on the border road are linked to the increase in the efforts made by the Canadian federal governments and the United States to enhance border security.

In December, Alberta revealed a Border security plan worth $ 29 million. As part of this plan, the period of sale, under the leadership of Sharif Alberta, provided the authority to make arrests without a judicial order in the “Red Zone”, kilometers located north of the borders of Montana.

RCMP intensified border security, including an increase Black Hawk helicopter patrols Along the borders of Alberta.

US President Donald Trump has continuously linked his plan to impose a tariff on Canada with an alleged flood of smuggling of artificial opiates from Canada to the United States.

Customs protection and US border protection Data Ventanil episodes of Canada show a total of less than one percent of the total US attacks of the drug. Specifically in the Havre sector in Montana, officials have so far seized more than 0.5 pounds of fentanel in the fiscal year 2025.

Darssi Wales, who runs the livestock farm in Warner Province, along with the border, said the road has long served an important goal for those who live in the region.

“On the Canadian side, people reach the way for their daily activities. Whether it is agricultural activities or going to Medina, they use this road, and it was a completely acceptable way to do business,” Wales said.

“But now, they have this plan to force Canadians to build a road on the northern side of the actual borders. It is just an additional cost, and double services.

“You will have two roads, alongside.

When it comes to the idea that this step is being taken for security reasons, Wales said he did not give him a great weight.

“This is a mistake, in my opinion. People use it, they do not misuse it,” he said.

“Border security is important … but if there is any strange traffic or people in strange places, we will see that.”

Taylor said that the local population using the border road was not a problem in the past. The partnership between Warner and Tulle has a good boycott.

Taylor said that Warner residents are not satisfied with change in general, but added that he was confident that when the new Canadian road is built, they will be more acceptable to the new circumstances.

“I think as soon as it is built and gets used to everyone, it will be fine. It would be better for each of the law enforcement agencies,” Taylor said.

“The truth is that the United States is strong, and that they are closing this path to Canadian traffic, so we have no choice but to place another road on the side of Alberta.”

Taylor added that the boycott orally agreed to pay for the new road.

The Minister of Transport at Alberta Devin Drichin said the boycott has already advanced well to design an alternative road. He said that taking into account the approval of the financing, construction will start on the new road in late fall or early next year.

“While the road is under the jurisdiction of the United States, the Alberta government is quickly followed with the boycott to explore the options that will maintain safe and reliable contacts for residents, agricultural operations and local companies,” Drichin said in a statement via e -mail.

RCMP rejected the comment, referring to CBC News to customs and US border protection. In a statement sent on Friday, that agency wrote that she works with its Canadian partners to ensure “the minimum disturbance of the population along the border road.”

“The United States has a firm interest in securing its borders. This includes any direct exit methods that lead to inside and outside the United States,” says the statement.

“The United States and Canada have the National Security Authority to find out what will happen and come out of its borders, through entry ports and what may try to enter between these specific outlets.”