Cross-border traffic into Whatcom the slowest in five years
With the Canadian dollar remaining weak throughout 2015, last year was the slowest in terms of local southbound border traffic in five years.
Last year just under 13.4 million people entered Whatcom County through the five border crossings, 2.5 million people fewer than in 2014, according to data gathered by Western Washington University鈥檚 Border Policy Research Institute.