Covid Border

• B.C. tourism operators cautiously optimistic as clock ticks down to U.S. border reopening

  "It's too late to really salvage a lot of the tourism season, and recovery won't begin in earnest probably until midway through next year," one industry spokesperson said.

  Health

  Aug 8, 2021
  
• Alberta, Saskatchewan premiers join U.S. governors calling for full reopening of border

  Scott Moe, Jason Kenney and the governors of North Dakota, Montana and Idaho have written the heads of their two countries to ask for the move.

  Canada

  Jul 23, 2021
  
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• Vaccines work. Our travel rules should reflect that

  The government boasts of success in procuring vaccines and urges Canadians to be immunized, yet we see no reflection of that in our border policies, Rob Breakenridge says.

  Commentary

  May 29, 2021
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• Hajdu ‘laser focused’ on community COVID-19 spread amid calls for tougher borders

  Speaking to Mercedes Stephenson on The West Block Sunday, the health minister pushed back on suggestions that further restrictions could have an impact on community transmission. 

  Health

  May 2, 2021
• Point Roberts pins COVID-19 border exemption hopes on President Biden

  The small community's residents say they're facing economic catastrophe and problems with simple day-to-day activities such as food shopping and medical appointments.

  Health

  Jan 24, 2021
• ‘Like a knife in the heart’: Committed couples plead for relaxation on COVID-19 border restrictions

  "It's kind of like a knife in the heart. I feel desperate."

  Canada

  Sep 13, 2020
• COVID-19: B.C. grandparents meet newborn granddaughter across U.S. border

  Bill and Kathie Ward met their granddaughter Willow on Monday, separated by two metres, a smelly ditch and an international border. 

  Apr 21, 2020