In solidarity with their Ottawa counterparts, truckers in at the Alberta / Montana border staged what police described as a 'complete blockage' of Highway 4 in Canada's western province

The road is a major artery for commercial goods between the nations but truckers have been stuck for days

Blockade has caused major disruption for the tiny village of Coutts with locals unable to reach a local school, supermarket or grocery store 

COVID-positive Justin Trudeau has declared that he will not be meeting with truckers currently overrunning Ottawa and Alberta in protest of his vaccine mandate 

Trudeau, 50, announced Monday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at an undisclosed location after fleeing protest-torn Ottawa with his family

Said at a press conference Monday he would not meet protesting truckers because of their 'hateful rhetoric'

Tensions are high in the Canadian capital on Monday as protesting truckers brought the city to a standstill

The angry truckers are demanding Trudeau end vaccine mandates in Canada

Ottawa residents are furious at the disruption and angered by protesters flying swastikas through their city  

Trudeau had called the truckers headed for the city a 'small fringe minority' before the convoy of hundreds of vehicles grew up to 45 miles long