Border Control

• Premier Doug Ford renews calls for tighter border controls to rein in COVID-19 variants

  The premier has issued another letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, arguing additional measures are needed to curb the spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants.

  Health

  May 13, 2021
  
• ‘Desperate’ Ford to Trudeau at First Ministers’ Meeting: Shut the borders

  During a Thursday teleconference call, premiers pressed the prime minister to do more on borders and to step up for provincial sick leave programs.

  Politics

  Apr 29, 2021
  
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• New measures to contain spread of COVID-19 now in force at Canada’s land ports of entry

  A COVID-19 diagnostic test is now being administered at five border crossings across the country. A second self test toward the end of a 14-day self quarantine is also required.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2021
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• N.B. border delays, inconsistencies defeat purpose of Atlantic bubble: mayors

  "The bubble as it seems to be perceived, on the New Brunswick side at least, is just not giving us what we need," says Amherst Mayor David Kogon.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2020
• Legal Canadian gun owners selling their weapons illegally on the rise: police

  Legal Canadian gun owners are selling their weapons illegally, Di Danieli said, noting that police have seen more than 40 such cases in recent years.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2018
• Calgarians protest separation of immigrant families in U.S.

  Protesters in Calgary joined thousands more across North America to demand that immigrant families in the U.S. be reunited.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2018
• Rallies across Canada protest separation of children from families in U.S.

  From Vancouver to Halifax, crowds of people rallied in cities across Canada on Saturday to protest a policy that separated families who were caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2018
• Man who had 3-minute wedding at U.S.-Mexico border is a convicted drug smuggler

  The bride appeared on the Mexican side of the border in a white wedding gown, and the groom on the American side in a grey suit.

  Politics

  Dec 22, 2017
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• Absence of criminal activity allowed Edmonton terror suspect to enter Canada despite U.S. deportation order

  Edmonton terror suspect Abdulahi Sharif had no known criminal activity when he showed up at the Canadian border in 2012, which is why he was able to claim asylum despite a deportation order from U.S.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2017
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• Two men captured after attempting to run the border into Abbotsford

  Two men attempting to cross the border into Canada illegally last night were captured with the help of Canadian and U.S. Immigration and the Abbotsford Police Department.

  Feb 27, 2014