In a letter to the president, Angus King and seven other U.S. senators highlight the economic and emotional strains the closure has on states like Maine.
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Mills offers $10 million aid package for businesses near Canadian border
The grants of as much as $100,000 are intended to help businesses harmed by the loss of Canadian customers while their entry into America has been barred during the pandemic.
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What U.S. travelers should know before the Canadian border reopens Monday
The Canada Border Services Agency is expected to reopen starting midnight on Monday to non-essential travelers.
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Union representing Canada border employees votes to strike
The union that represents about 9,000 border service employees said its members may go on strike as soon as Aug. 6, 3 days before fully vaccinated U.S. citizens will be able to visit Canada without having to quarantine.
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Maine’s congressional delegation and governor call for Canadian border to reopen
They criticize the U.S. plan to keep the border closed to Canadians for at least another month after Canada announced its border would reopen to U.S. travelers on Aug. 9.
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Canada to let vaccinated U.S. citizens enter country on Aug. 9
Canadian officials also announced that children who aren’t vaccinated but are traveling with vaccinated parents won’t have to quarantine, but will have to avoid group activities.
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Canada may allow fully vaccinated Americans in as of mid-August
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that if Canada’s current positive path of vaccination rate and public health conditions continue, the border can open.
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Canadian government rejects virus shots in U.S. border tunnel
A mayor in Ontario, Canada, says the Canadian government has rejected a creative plan to have people line up inside a U.S. border tunnel to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Over 600 bodies found at church-run Indigenous school in Canada, groups report
Last month the remains of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, were found buried on the site of another Indigenous Catholic-run residential school.
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U.S. border restrictions extended as Canada scrambles to vaccinate
There are growing calls in the U.S. to open the Canada-U.S. border for nonessential travel like tourism, but less than 20% of Canadians are fully vaccinated.