Our view: People of the Northwest Angle need help, and they need it now grandforksherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from grandforksherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Minnesota senator asks State Department to help resolve Northwest Angle border issue
In a phone interview Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., said she has pressed Canadian officials since last summer on border issues affecting Northwest Angle residents. The response has been “very disappointing, honestly,” she said. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
Signs greet visitors to the Northwest Angle on Lake of the Woods County Road 49 at the Minnesota-Manitoba border. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)
Efforts to resolve the difficulties facing Northwest Angle residents who have to travel through Canada to get to and from their homes continued Wednesday, April 7, with a letter U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking the U.S. State Department to address new Canadian restrictions.
Sen. Tina Smith asks State Department to help resolve Northwest Angle border issue
In a phone interview Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., said she has pressed Canadian officials since last summer on border issues affecting Northwest Angle residents. The response has been “very disappointing, honestly,” she said. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
Signs greet visitors to the Northwest Angle on Lake of the Woods County Road 49 at the Minnesota-Manitoba border. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)
GRAND FORKS Efforts to resolve the difficulties facing Northwest Angle residents who have to travel through Canada to get to and from their homes continued Wednesday, April 7, with a letter U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken asking the U.S. State Department to address new Canadian restrictions.
Border-crossing frustrations take center stage during northern Minnesota roundtable perhamfocus.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from perhamfocus.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Border-crossing issues take center stage during northern Minnesota roundtable
Some 20 panelists participated, both in-person and virtually, Tuesday morning in a roundtable discussion in the historic Backus Community Center. U.S. Reps. Michelle Fischbach and Pete Stauber, both R-Minn., hosted the roundtable to learn about the impact the border closure has had on the communities they represent. Written By: Brad Dokken | ×
U.S. Reps Pete Stauber and Michelle Fischbach, both R-Minn., organized Tuesday s panel discussion on the U.S.-Canada border closure in International Falls, Minn. (Photo/ Laurel Beager, International Falls Journal)
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. – Lawmakers on both sides of the Rainy River heard from northern Minnesota residents here Tuesday, April 6, about the impact the ongoing U.S.-Canada border closure is having on their lives and livelihoods.