Border closure
Tourism operators to Albertans: ‘We could really use some visitors’
In the span of 17 years, Jason Thornhill has transformed a flat section of prairie into a destination for gardeners, campers, adventure seekers...
When will the Canada-U.S. border reopen?
Travel across the Canada-U.S. border could resume by late summer or fall, according to the cautious estimates of some experts, but they say the...
‘More people are catching on’: Travellers using U.S.-Canada land border to avoid quarantine hotels
Greg Peacock walked across the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ont., and back into Canada with his three puppies in hand, pausing to...
Some snowbirds still flying south despite travel rules — because they can
Despite tough new measures imposed by Ottawa to curb travel abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic, some snowbirds are still flying to U.S. sun destinations....
More than 7 million travellers have entered Canada during the pandemic. CBSA explains why
Canada’s border closure to non-essential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic — which is continuing until at least Jan. 21 — has sparked...
Why some travellers get permission to cross the Canada-U.S. border and others don’t
Kim Zavesky is desperate to return to her home in Golden, B.C. After retiring last year, she and her husband — both Americans...
New business ventures help Canadian snowbirds circumvent a closed U.S. land border
Despite the Canada-U.S. land border closure to non-essential traffic, Canadian snowbirds Bernard Loiselle and Sylvie Charbonneau are on their way to Florida — in...
Vast majority of travellers entering Canada allowed to skip 14-day quarantine
More than five million arrivals into Canada have been allowed to skip the 14-day quarantine requirement put in place when the country closed its borders to non-essential...
Dying Windsor woman gets exemption, sees U.S. parents for final time
Diane Costello, a colorectal cancer patient in Windsor, Ont., has gotten her dying wish to see her American parents one last time. Diane’s daughter, Shayla, confirmed...
Sisters cross Canada-U.S. border, camp in parents’ backyard to be with dying father
Carmen and Lara Messerlian only have one more sleep to go until they can finally squeeze their dad simultaneously in a giant bear hug. ...
Air Canada apologizes after barring passenger from flying to U.S. to see terminally ill husband
Air Canada has apologized to passenger Mayette Musclow of Kelowna, B.C., after it barred her from flying to Cleveland last month to visit her terminally ill...
Heartbreak on the 49th parallel: Lives interrupted by the Canada-U.S. border closure
It’s been a dismal few days for Canada-U.S. relations. Specifically, for people in relationships with someone on the other side of the border, dealing...
Ottawa looking at how to reunite families separated by border closure, says Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is looking at how to reunite some families separated by the temporary COVID-19 measures at...
Nigeria news : Border Closure NPA trades blame, reveals consequences
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says the current congestion at the Lagos ports was due to the border closure and tremendous influx of...
Nigeria news : Buhari under ‘fire’ over border closure
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Friday, accused President Muhammadu Buhari of gross insensitivity in the arbitrary closure of the...
Nigeria news : Border Closure Buhari’s aide reacts to allegation of customs officers collecting bribe
President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has reacted to reports of Customs officers at the Nigeria-Seme border collecting bribes despite border Closure. The Nigerian government...
