A winter storm has prompted the closure of the Coutts, Alta., border crossing on Highway 4.
Coutts is among a swath of Southern Alberta communities that remained under a winter storm warning Wednesday evening.
Travel is not recommended on a number of highways south of Lethbridge and drivers are being urged to avoid any non-essential travel.
A reception centre for stranded travellers has been opened in Coutts at 105 Centre Avenue.
A post to the village’s Facebook page on Wednesday said U.S. customs is turning away southbound traffic at the Port of Sweetgrass, Montana.
According to the National Weather Service office in Great Falls, Mont., Interstate 15 is closed from Sweetgrass south to Shelby.
“So far, we’ve been able to put everyone in the motel or the bed and breakfast (and) we don’t currently have anybody at the reception centre that doesn’t have anywhere to go,” Lori Roulfe, the CAO for the Village of Coutts, said in a phone interview with Global News at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
She added that the reception centre will most likely remain open until the border reopens to traffic.