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| 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鈥 |
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| It鈥檚 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. 鈥淲e are extending non-essential travel restrictions with the United States until Oct. 21, 2020,鈥 鈥 |
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| U.S.-Canadian border closure reportedly could extend through at least Thanksgiving | The U.S.-Canadian border closure to non-essential traffic, which is currently set to expire next week, could be extended through Thanksgiving due to the coronavirus pandemic, 鈥 |
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| Reopen the Canada-U.S. border? Canadians say sorry, but no thanks | "If we figure out ways to successfully incorporate public health concerns with security and efficiency, there鈥檚 no reason why we wouldn鈥檛 maintain that type of screening," said Laurie Trautman, director of Western Washington University's Border Policy Research Institute. |
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| 'U.S.-Canada Trade: On the Ground at the Entry Points' webinar set for July 14 | |||
| Some Canadian businesses want to let Americans back in. Most Canadians don鈥檛. | Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, called for a 鈥渕ore creative and innovative鈥 strategy for the border. She said a regional approach to reopening it would be 鈥渉uge and really important,鈥 but might not be 鈥渓ogistically possible.鈥濃 |
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| Whatcom jobs, families depend on an open U.S.-Canada border. Here鈥檚 the summer outlook | Fully reopening the U.S.-Canadian border is going to take time, and it will be even longer before cross-border shopping and visits recover. That鈥檚 one of the assessments made by a group of panelists during a Western Washington University presentation held via Zoom on Friday,鈥 |
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| Study finds most Canadians hoping U.S. border closure extends through the summer | The has found that Canadians comprise approximately 75% of cross-border travelers to and from Whatcom County, depending on the exchange rate, according to鈥 |
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| COVID-19's impact on Canada-U.S. border, a panel discussion | The event will be held via Zoom with panelists Bruno Dupeyron, a professor a JSGS; Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University; and John Maggiore, senior adviser to the governor at the New York State Executive Chamber. |
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| Washington state鈥檚 once-bustling border towns and islands fall silent, due to coronavirus pandemic | Sharp-eyed dwellers of Washington鈥檚 northwest corner could look skyward in recent weeks and see thousands of snow geese 鈥 winter residents of the nearby Skagit Valley 鈥 gracefully winging their way north in a migration old as time. It was a welcome glimpse of seasonal business-鈥 |