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I-5 bridge collapse slows ag products, but only a little

The loss of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River will likely have only a minor impact on the movement of agricultural goods, according to several authorities.
Don McMoran, director of the Washington State University Skagit County Extension, said he has seen the interstate traffic…

2013-05-30
Wash. bridge collapse could affect business, trade up and down West Coast

For farmers, business owners and government officials up and down the West Coast, Washington’s bridge collapse on Interstate 5 represents much more than a close brush with tragedy. As much as $20 billion in freight travels to and from Canada and along the busy north-south corridor each year.

2013-05-28
Guest: Say no to a U.S.-Canada border-crossing fee

THE U.S. government has expressed interest in possibly instituting a new border-crossing fee at land borders. At this stage, the proposal is just a request by President Obama’s administration to study the effect of collecting a crossing fee for pedestrians and passenger vehicles along the…

2013-05-22
Guard unit joins Canada training

The first of two convoys from the Washington National Guard’s Spokane-based 1041st Transportation Company rolled into Canada over the weekend for an international training exercise designed to help improve overall North American military readiness.

2013-05-21
Keep pursuing Canadian border reforms

A report card was issued in December on the yearlong progress of the new Beyond the Border Action Plan, announced by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama on Dec. 7, 2011. The plan was designed to streamline border crossings for people and freight by moving clearance…

2013-01-08
Christopher Sands named the Ross Distinguished Professor at WWU 2012-08-16
David Jacobson: Port report 'good news' for Canada, encourages competition

The U.S. ambassador to Canada is praising a report by an American agency even as two of its commissioners take public issue with the study that examined Canadian "cargo diversion" and cited suggestions to remedy the problem that could prove prohibitively costly to importers.
The…

2012-07-30
Promotion provides free, five-day access to WWU-based American Review of Canadian Studies journal 2012-05-10
Harper government slashes Canadian Studies funding for U.S. universities

Canadian Studies programs at universities across the U.S. are facing serious cutbacks this year, with the rollback of an important grant program facilitated by Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs.

2012-04-12
New U.S.-Canada border deal makes improvements, suggests other opportunities

PRESIDENT Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed a deal Dec. 8 that stakes out a menu of changes that will improve the border.

The Beyond the Border action plan has several provisions that will directly benefit our region. Amtrak southbound trains…

2011-12-27
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