Ambassador Bridge

Trade between Michigan and Canada is flowing again after people protesting Canadian COVID-19 mandates blocked international truck traffic for nearly a week.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge shows the importance of a second Detroit-to-Canada crossing.

All shifts are resuming Friday at the General Motors plant in Delta Township just outside Lansing.That’s after the automaker cancelled some this week amid a parts shortage exacerbated by a protest at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Canada.

The Ambassador Bridge remains shut down by protesters, and it might start having an impact on the local economy.

The auto industry is taking a hit on both sides of the border due to the protest shutting down the Ambassador Bridge. 

Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed language that would’ve allowed more kinds of hazardous materials to cross the Ambassador Bridge.Language was inserted…