Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look back at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list ...
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Feds reach tentative deal with striking border guards days before restrictions ease
WASHINGTON - Canada's border agents reached a new tentative agreement with the federal government late Friday after a daylong work-to-rule campaign left long lines of semi-trailers and passenger vehic...
Aug 06, 2021
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 stretche...
Aug 06, 2021
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 reope...
Aug 05, 2021
Border workers issue Friday strike notice to Feds
About 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers are preparing to begin job action across the country on Friday and say travellers should expect long lineups and lengthy delays at border crossings a...
Aug 04, 2021
Passenger traffic recovering at Regina airport
The Regina Airport Authority's James Bogusz has noticed the return to air travel this summer. He says YQR "really feels like an airport once again" and the numbers bear that out. At one time, passenge...
Aug 03, 2021
Border workers' union, employers to return to bargaining table after strike threat
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members' employers have agreed to return to the bargaining table following a strike threat made earlier this w...
Jul 29, 2021
British Canadians frustrated by exclusion from U.K.'s new quarantine exemptions
OTTAWA - Many British Canadians are frustrated after being snubbed by a new plan to ease quarantine restrictions for entry to England and Scotland. The United Kingdom countries announced Wednesday tha...
Jul 29, 2021
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 v...
Jul 26, 2021
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 ...
Jul 23, 2021
North Portal relieved at border opening
When the news came out that the Canadian land border would be opening, even a crack, Kaylah Turner said she felt relief more than anything. Turner is the mayor of North Portal, the Saskatchewan villag...
Jul 21, 2021 Gateway Cities Golf Course's clubhouse is located on the American side of the border, but it's nine holes are on the Canadian side, leaving the course stuck in the middle of the closed border. (Submitted)
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