Border Policy Research Institute
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| 'We miss you so badly. Please, please come back:' Washington state to B.C. | Canadians not in a hurry for their mail-ordered stuff have delayed pickup, and “there’s no space here, I can’t walk anymore. Packages are holding. One lady, she has 200 boxes. I’m like a warehouse,” Hannon said. Hannon is among several businesses and Washingtonians that are feeling a big… |
2021-03-01 | |
| 'We miss you so badly. Please, please come back:' Washington state to B.C. | Canadians not in a hurry for their mail-ordered stuff have delayed pickup, and “there’s no space here, I can’t walk anymore. Packages are holding. One lady, she has 200 boxes. I’m like a warehouse,” Hannon said. Hannon is among several businesses and Washingtonians that are feeling a big… |
2021-03-01 | |
| Whatcom border travel decreased 83% in 2020. Will a new U.S. administration bring change? | After a year when the pandemic made non-essential cross-border travel nonexistent, 2021 is expected to be a year of a slow, gradual recovery. The number of people who crossed the border into Whatcom County from British Columbia in 2020 totaled 2.1 million, according to data gathered by… |
2021-01-27 | |
| Whatcom border travel decreased 83% in 2020. Will a new U.S. administration bring change? | After a year when the pandemic made non-essential cross-border travel nonexistent, 2021 is expected to be a year of a slow, gradual recovery. The number of people who crossed the border into Whatcom County from British Columbia in 2020 totaled 2.1 million, according to data gathered by… |
2021-01-27 | |
| 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 |