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Trucks stack up at Canada-U.S. border as CBSA guards start work-to-rule campaign
WASHINGTON — Long lines of semi-trailer trucks snaked away from the Canada-U.S. frontier Friday as a work-to-rule campaign by border agents slowed traffic to a crawl and marathon negotiations stretched through the day, with plans to ease COVID-19 restr...
U.S. considers requiring foreign visitors to be vaccinated as travel pressure mounts
WASHINGTON — The United States is actively exploring how to welcome back international visitors, including whether they will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as stakeholders keen to reopen the Canada-U.S. border set their sights squarely o...
White House to maintain travel restrictions as Delta ravages unvaccinated Americans
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden didn't mince words Monday when asked whether his administration will be able to convince more holdout Americans to change their minds about getting the COVID-19 vaccine. "We have to," Biden declared matter-of-factl...
Canada, U.S. working together is no guarantee of border symmetry, ambassador says
WASHINGTON — Canada's envoy to the U.S. says just because the two countries have been working together to manage their shared border doesn't mean they were always going to be moving in perfect symmetry. Kirsten Hillman says both Canada and
Symmetry not guaranteed on border policy: envoy
WASHINGTON — Just because Canada and the United States worked closely together to restrict travel across their shared border doesn't mean they were always going to move in lockstep when the time came to reopen it, Ottawa's envoy to Washington
Biden nominates tech exec, political adviser David Cohen as U.S. ambassador to Canada
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has nominated David Cohen, a tech executive who once served as chief of staff to the mayor of Philadelphia, to be his ambassador to Canada. Cohen, a lawyer, lobbyist and fundraiser who currently serves as a
Despite Canada’s easing, U.S. adds 30 days to travel restrictions at shared border
WASHINGTON — Canada's bilateral overtures to fully vaccinated American visitors went unrequited Wednesday as the Department of Homeland Security formally extended its travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border for at least the next 30 days. Official...
Challenges at southern border may be drag on efforts to reopen Canada-U.S. frontier
WASHINGTON — Canadians wondering why the United States doesn't appear to be rushing to ease travel restrictions at their shared border should cast a gaze further south, where the frontier with Mexico fosters far thornier political questions for the Whi...
The latest questions and answers about who can, can’t cross the Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON — Some questions and answers about the state of the Canada-U.S. border, 16 months into the COVID-19 pandemic: Q: Who can enter Canada from the United States without having to quarantine? A: In addition to essential workers, international st...
Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens can enter Canada Aug. 9, rest of world Sept. 7
WASHINGTON — Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed into Canada as of Aug. 9, joined by the rest of the world Sept. 7, federal officials announced Monday as the country prepares to lower border barriers that