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Canadian PM says U.S. - Canadian border bill reopen 'eventually but not today'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that the U.S.-Canadian border will “eventually” reopen from its COVID-19 closure, but hinted it likely won’t be anytime soon.

“We’re all eager to be able to travel again,” Trudeau said March 15 during a news conference in Montreal,…

2021-03-16
Canadian PM says U.S. - Canadian border bill reopen 'eventually but not today'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that the U.S.-Canadian border will “eventually” reopen from its COVID-19 closure, but hinted it likely won’t be anytime soon.

“We’re all eager to be able to travel again,” Trudeau said March 15 during a news conference in Montreal,…

2021-03-16
Research Recap for March 5 2021-03-05
U.S. and Canada announce COVID-19 border closure extended until at least Feb. 21

The United States and Canada have extended the closure of the border to non-essential travel between the two countries until Feb. 21 in an continuing effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, according to tweets Tuesday from both sides of the border.

All essential travel, such as that for…

2021-01-12
U.S. and Canada announce COVID-19 border closure extended until at least Feb. 21

The United States and Canada have extended the closure of the border to non-essential travel between the two countries until Feb. 21 in an continuing effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, according to tweets Tuesday from both sides of the border.

All essential travel, such as that for…

2021-01-12
The U.S.-Canada border closure for COVID expires Saturday — will it actually reopen?

The border closure to non-essential travel between the U.S. and Canada is set to expire on Saturday, Nov. 21, but Canadian media is reporting it will likely be extended once again until almost Christmas.

2020-11-19
The U.S.-Canada border closure for COVID expires Saturday — will it actually reopen?

The border closure to non-essential travel between the U.S. and Canada is set to expire on Saturday, Nov. 21, but Canadian media is reporting it will likely be extended once again until almost Christmas.

2020-11-19
Cascadia group proposes a way to handle population growth and avoid Whatcom County sprawl

If this idea of hub cities were to take hold, could Whatcom County end up with one? If so, would it serve Seattle, Vancouver, B.C., or both? It would be hard to say, as the current border restrictions remind us that being a hub to the closest metro area of Vancouver, B.C., could be impacted by…

2020-10-05
It’s official: Canada announces extending border closure with U.S. a sixth time

Canadian Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair tweeted that the U.S.-Canadian border will remain closed to non-essential travel until Oct. 21 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We are extending non-essential travel restrictions with the United States until Oct. 21, 2020,” …

2020-09-21
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