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With the Canadian dollar remaining weak, southbound border traffic into Whatcom County continues to fall, according to recent data from Western Washington University's Border Policy Research Institute.

Southbound border traffic into Whatcom County continues to slow down.

In February, a total of 935,147 passengers crossed the five border crossings into Whatcom County, the lowest monthly total in more than three years, according to data compiled by Western…

The number of Canadians crossing over the line continues to plummet.

Last month, a little over 900,000 people from BC made their way into Whatcom County in Washington State, the lowest monthly total in more than three years according to new stats from Western Washington University.

A new preclearance agreement between the U.S. and Canada could make it easier for private companies to move people across the border.

The agreement, signed Monday, March 16, by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Canadian Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney, would allow…

When it comes to commerce flowing through the northern border between Canada and Whatcom County, the big problems have been addressed and now more work needs to be done on smaller issues.

A CENTURY AGO, during America’s expansionist heyday, no one ever saw author and “Manifest Destiny” cheerleader Horace Greeley point across the sweeping expanse of America and urge his eager charges: “Go north, young man!”

Yet, many of us did. And to this day, most…

The Canadian dollar lost five cents in value compared to the U.S. dollar in one day last month.
It dropped on Jan. 21 after the Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark overnight interest rate from 1 percent to 0.75 percent. The benchmark rate determines bank lending rates, and lowering it is…

The latest southbound border traffic data indicates Canadians are coming into Whatcom County at a slightly slower pace than 2013.

The number of people that went southbound through the five Whatcom County border crossing totaled 4.7 million through the first four…

UB has become the new institutional home of the Association of Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS), one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious professional organizations in the field of Canadian studies.
UB was selected to host ACSUS for the next three years, beginning Jan.…