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| Whatcom-B.C. border traffic will remain slow with Canadian coronavirus quarantines | The slowdown in traffic flow has been dramatic in places like Blaine. During the first two weeks of April, the two Blaine crossing saw just over 2,000 passenger vehicle entries into the U.S.; typically there are 155,000-160,000 passenger vehicles during this same time frame. That鈥檚 according to鈥 |
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| Economic forecast night highlights workforce, education | The panel included Tom Keegan, president of Skagit Valley College; Sabah Randhawa, president of Western Washington University; Isiaah Crawford, president of the University of Puget Sound; and Paul Pitre, chancellor for Washington State University鈥檚 Everett campus. Randawa said in the鈥 |
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| Canadians continue to shop in Whatcom | Despite a Canadian dollar that鈥檚 remained weak for several years, a new report shows shoppers from British Columbia continue to play an important role in Whatcom鈥檚 retail sector. Last month Western Washington University students working for the 鈥 |
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| BPRI's Laurie Trautman named a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center | |||
| Canada is feeling lonely, but its place internationally is still strong | On december 1st last year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, a Chinese telecoms firm, as she prepared to change planes at Vancouver鈥檚 international airport. |
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| Advocates push for passenger rail stop in Blaine | The event featured presentations by Bruce Agnew, director of the Cascadia Center; Dr. Laurie Trautman, director of Western Washington University鈥檚 Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI); and others. Audience members including Blaine city manager鈥 |
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| Economic Forecast Night highlights growth, Canada relations | Keynote speakers Anneliese Vance-Sherman, a regional labor economist for the Employment Security Department, and Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University followed. |
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| Report finds cross-border traffic steadier in Blaine than other regions | The most striking trend across the U.S.-Canada border since 2000 is a 鈥渟evere reduction in passenger traffic.鈥 That鈥檚 one change outlined in the 鈥淏order Barometer,鈥 a recent report on the U.S./Canada border crossing corridor Western Washington University鈥檚 Border Policy Research鈥 |
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| With marijuana now legal in Canada, what will that mean for border crossings? | With recreational marijuana now legal in Canada, officials are warning travelers: Make sure there is no cannabis in the car when you try to cross the international border 鈥 in either direction. Canada legalized the use of marijuana across all provinces Wednesday, allowing sales for鈥 |
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| Canada is about to legalize cannabis; here鈥檚 what you need to know | On Wednesday, Canada will become the largest country in the world to legalize cannabis. The move will not only drastically reshape marijuana in that country, but means that the entire West Coast 鈥 from Alaska to California 鈥 has become a marijuana marketplace where the formerly taboo drug is鈥 |