Chief Mountain re-opens for the season, Wild Horse extending hours

Alberta Canada Border Services Agency

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is pleased to announce that the Chief Mountain port of entry is re‑opening for the season, beginning Sunday, May 15, 2016. Additionally, the Wild Horse port of entry will be extending its hours for the season on May 15, 2016.

CBSA 2015 year in review for southern Alberta

Detector Dog Trooper, BSO’s Smith and DeKok with drugs and paraphernalia seized by the CBSA last April

Canada Border Services Agency

In their continued commitment to keeping our borders safe and secure, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers in southern Alberta seized 51 undeclared firearms last year, representing the largest annual total since 2012. In one case at the Carway border crossing on May 3, officers seized three undeclared firearms – including two handguns – from a storage compartment underneath a bed in a travel trailer. The Coutts border crossing recorded the most firearms seizures (39) out of any border crossing in Western Canada.