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| Alper to retire this fall from Center for Canadian-American Studies and BPRI | |||
| 'Beyond NAFTA' conference continues until 3 today on campus | |||
| 草榴社区 talk to focus on guest-worker policy between U.S., Canada | Laurie Trautman, who was recently appointed as the incoming associate director of Western Washington University鈥檚 Border Policy Research Institute, will present a free talk, titled 鈥淭emporary Worker, Permanent Alien: Guest Worker Policy in the U.S. and Canada,鈥 at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13鈥 |
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| 'Temporary Worker, Permanent Alien': BPRI talk scheduled for Feb. 13 | |||
| The Costs of Costco | Mayor Kelli Linville came one step closer to her goal, convincing her own City Council, at least, to request $2.5 million from Whatcom County鈥檚 Economic Development Investment (EDI) fund to help finance a large regional stormwater facility to serve a planned retail expansion in the city鈥檚 north鈥 |
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| Immigration Professor of the Year: Margaret Stock, MacArthur Award Winner | This year's Immigration Professor of the Year was an easy pick. Winner of one of this year's MacArthur Fellows award, immigration law professor and attorney Margaret Stock is an attorney bringing her singular knowledge of immigration law and national security law to bear on reform鈥 |
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| We used to be the Canadians | Canadians at the border crossings in the northwestern-most county of the continental United States just keep on coming. |
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| New Washington state magazine to target B.C. shoppers | The fierce competition for the Canadian shopping dollar just across the border in Washington state has spawned an idea to steer the sometimes-myopic Canuck shoppers away from malls and big-box stores, to the mom-and-pop shops. About 30,000 copies of "The Crossing Guide" magazine鈥 |
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| Fifteen minutes, tops, then we're out of here! | Who crosses the border at Point Roberts? The picture painted by a recent survey is overwhelmingly one of Canadians who come down for gas and mail, and they only stay on the Point for 15 minutes. This year Point Roberts was included in the Whatcom Council of Governments (COG) and Western鈥 |
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| U.S. senators launch bid to divert container traffic from B.C. ports | The Port of Prince Rupert鈥檚 Fairview container terminal, which is operating beyond capacity, sends about 60 per cent of its import containers to U.S. destinations and senators from Washington state have launched a bid to slap a per-container fee on all that cargo. American interests,鈥 |