Sgt. Daniel Dubois is used to gruelling weather. He’s a Mountie after all.
In charge of a 168-kilometre stretch along the Canada-U.S. border, frigid weather and blustering winds are job hazards as he and his team police the area for illegal border crossings.
But there’s another element he and his team are weathering these days: a political storm.
“Whenever [U.S. President Donald] Trump is in the news saying this thing or that — of course it’s going to concern us,” the veteran officer said.
“The biggest concern is not knowing.… That causes anxiety for our membership.”
Earlier this week, CBC News shadowed Dubois for four hours on a stormy day, driving through his patrol area straddling New York and Vermont, waiting for tips to come in and checking known crossing points for fresh footprints.
All the while news alerts would ping — detailing the latest missive from the U.S. administration …