On Wednesday, Canadian trucker protesters left the final U.S.-Canada border blockade, permitting the crossing to reopen.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba tweeted Wednesday that the Emerson, Manitoba, U.S.-Canada border crossing has reopened. The RCMP additionally tweeted that it might keep within the space to make sure the border stays open.

The border crossing had been blockaded since February 10 by Canadian trucker protesters, a information launch from the RCMP mentioned. Protesters used vans, farm gear and different automobiles to dam Freeway 75, which is north of the Emerson Port of Entry. RCMP estimated that there have been round 75 automobiles blocking the freeway on the protest's peak and that almost all border visitors was halted for six days, throughout which period visitors was diverted to alternate border crossings.

Some emergency automobiles, agriculture transports and different very important items had been allowed to cross by way of after dialogue between authorities and the protesters, the RCMP added.

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A Canadian official says border authorities reopened the U.S.-Canada border crossing in Emerson, Manitoba, on Wednesday afternoon. On this picture, a police officer stands guard close to vans collaborating in a blockade of downtown streets close to the parliament constructing as an illustration led by truck drivers protesting vaccine mandates continues on February 16 in Ottawa, Ontario.Scott Olson/Getty Pictures

The protesters have been a part of the Freedom Convoy that initially protested in opposition to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's requirement for truckers to quarantine in the event that they have been unvaccinated and crossing the border with the U.S. The protests finally got here to be in opposition to COVID restrictions on the whole, reminiscent of masks mandates.

The RCMP reached the decision with the demonstrators on the border crossing on Tuesday, RCMP Chief Superintendent Rob Hill mentioned in a press release.

"All through the previous six days, our officers continued to make use of open communication, and a measured method to discover a peaceable decision to this example. This steady dialogue between our officers and the demonstrators enabled us to achieve a decision yesterday," mentioned Hill in a information launch.

The border crossing is a vital commerce route between the U.S. and Canada, in keeping with CBC Information. Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland mentioned Monday that $73 million in commerce is affected every day the border remained closed at Emerson. A Manitoba provincial spokesperson informed CBC that a complete of $18.5 billion value of commerce moved by way of the border crossing within the first 10 months of 2020, the latest information out there. In all of 2019, $24.9 billion value of commerce crossed the border.

One other main border crossing, the Ambassador Bridge into Detroit, had additionally been blockaded for almost per week. Newsweek beforehand reported that over a $1 billion was misplaced every day of the blockade.

That reopening didn't occur fairly as peacefully because the Emerson crossing, although. Canadian police ended the blockade on the Ambassador by making a number of arrests, and the automobiles parked on the demonstration have been eliminated. It reopened Sunday.

Replace 02/16/22 3:00 p.m. ET: This story was up to date to incorporate background info.