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BPRI's Laurie Trautman to discuss the border-trade impact of COVID on March 18
Canadian PM says U.S. - Canadian border bill reopen 'eventually but not today'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that the U.S.-Canadian border will 鈥渆ventually鈥 reopen from its COVID-19 closure, but hinted it likely won鈥檛 be anytime soon.

鈥淲e鈥檙e all eager to be able to travel again,鈥 Trudeau said March 15 during a news conference in Montreal,鈥

Canadian PM says U.S. - Canadian border bill reopen 'eventually but not today'

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that the U.S.-Canadian border will 鈥渆ventually鈥 reopen from its COVID-19 closure, but hinted it likely won鈥檛 be anytime soon.

鈥淲e鈥檙e all eager to be able to travel again,鈥 Trudeau said March 15 during a news conference in Montreal,鈥

Research Recap for March 5
Research Recap for March 5
One year after closing, U.S.-Canada border remains closed

Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University in Bellingham, is hoping for a phased and safe reopening of the border.  

鈥淪o, what I would like to see is testing out a pilot project. We've鈥

One year after closing, U.S.-Canada border remains closed

Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University in Bellingham, is hoping for a phased and safe reopening of the border.  

鈥淪o, what I would like to see is testing out a pilot project. We've鈥

'We miss you so badly. Please, please come back:' Washington state to B.C.

Canadians not in a hurry for their mail-ordered stuff have delayed pickup, and 鈥渢here鈥檚 no space here, I can鈥檛 walk anymore. Packages are holding. One lady, she has 200 boxes. I鈥檓 like a warehouse,鈥 Hannon said.

Hannon is among several businesses and Washingtonians that are feeling a big鈥

'We miss you so badly. Please, please come back:' Washington state to B.C.

Canadians not in a hurry for their mail-ordered stuff have delayed pickup, and 鈥渢here鈥檚 no space here, I can鈥檛 walk anymore. Packages are holding. One lady, she has 200 boxes. I鈥檓 like a warehouse,鈥 Hannon said.

Hannon is among several businesses and Washingtonians that are feeling a big鈥

Whatcom border travel decreased 83% in 2020. Will a new U.S. administration bring change?

After a year when the pandemic made non-essential cross-border travel nonexistent, 2021 is expected to be a year of a slow, gradual recovery.

The number of people who crossed the border into Whatcom County from British Columbia in 2020 totaled 2.1 million, according to data gathered by鈥

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