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| Canada to Ease Visitor COVID-19 Testing Ahead of Tourist Season | Canada will remove mandatory COVID-19 testing for those entering the country as of April 1, a move being met with optimism and varied expectations in both Canada and United States. Advance COVID-19 screening will no longer be required for visitors wishing to enter Canada via land, sea or鈥 |
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| Whatcom businesses expect more Canadian customers | Businesses around Whatcom County wait in anticipation as eased pre-entry border requirements promise to lure back Canadian shoppers beginning next week. Canadian officials 鈥 |
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| Canada may ease some border requirements that could boost cross-border travel | The Canadian government is thinking about dropping the testing requirements for its citizens coming back into the country, which could mean more cross-border traffic in Whatcom County. The CBC reported on Friday, Feb. 11, that the Canadian federal government is close to removing鈥 |
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| Canada to drop testing requirement for those making short trips into Whatcom County | One Canadian border restriction that will continue to dampen cross-border shopping is the rule for unvaccinated children, said Laurie Trautman, director at Western Washington University鈥檚 Border Policy Research Institute. The restrictions currently in place have unvaccinated children required to鈥 |
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| How many Canadian friends did Whatcom welcome back after the border reopened on Monday? | Whatcom County saw more traffic crossing the U.S.-Canadian border once restrictions were loosened on Monday, Nov. 8, but don鈥檛 start worrying about finding parking spots at Trader Joe鈥檚 or Costco just yet. The Western Washington University Border Policy Institute counted 2,598 southbound鈥 |
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| Americans, Canadians anxiously awaiting full reopening of border | In between two border checkpoints, for two nations, sits one monument: the Peace Arch. 鈥淭he park is a solace,鈥 said Christina Winkler, who is president of the . 鈥淚t's a refuge.鈥 Inscribed at the鈥 |
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| U.S. borders to open in November to vaccinated travelers from Canada, Mexico | Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University, there will always be a sense of uncertainty鈥 |
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| Rick Steves explores Whatcom County seaside and Peace Arch State Park | For the second episode in our 鈥淩ick Steves explores Whatcom County鈥 series, Washington鈥檚 most famous travel writer visits the extreme northwest corner of the contiguous United States, sampling some oysters fresh from Blaine Harbor and learning about 鈥 |
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| Latest border closure extension means more 鈥榰npredictability, suffering and frustration鈥 | The United States will extend its border closure with Canada to non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic another month, the White House announced Monday, Sept. 20. White House Response Coordinator Jeff Zients announced the closure will be extended until Oct. 21, USA Today reported along鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 publishes stats on effects of border restrictions | New research at Western Washington University found the cross-border flow of good, trucks and people were impacted in ways never before experienced during the pandemic. The Border Policy Research Institute at 草榴社区 released the 2021 Border Barometer today (Wednesday), the first and only in鈥 |