Isolated from U.S., Northwest Angle residents have to go to Canada after latest border clampdown
The new federal requirement for a negative COVID-19 test before crossing the border is forcing residents of a Minnesota region surrounded by Canada on three sides, and water on the fourth, to travel to Manitoba for groceries even though U.S. communities are closer to them.
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COVID-19 test requirement means residents of Minnesota region surrounded by Canada can t make U.S. grocery run
Posted: Apr 15, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 15
Karen and Paul Colson leave a Steinbach grocery store with a cart full of groceries. The Americans say they have no other choice but to travel into Canada to buy their groceries, after the federal government imposed stricter rules on border crossings.(Ian Froese/CBC)
Border tensions rise for Northwest Angle residents: We don t matter Pressure from officials in U.S. has not yielded travel concessions from Canada. April 9, 2021 4:16pm Text size Copy shortlink:
DULUTH – Paul Colson was ready to raise a ruckus and risk arrest if Canadian border officials denied him entry on his drive home to the Northwest Angle on Tuesday.
After almost 13 months of pandemic-prompted border restrictions, which recently grew more onerous, Colson said he and other residents feel we are dispensable. We don t matter. I ll just block the road, they can throw me in jail, he said. I ve got to do something.
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.
Minnesota, Canadian lawmakers search for border solutions No vaccine passport for travelers to or from Canada yet. April 6, 2021 2:33pm Text size Copy shortlink:
DULUTH – Less than a mile from the Canadian border in the northeast corner of the state, Ryden s Border Store has been painfully quiet for the past year of the pandemic.
Owner Mike Boomer said he has lost 90% of his business at the convenience store and gas station, his general manager of more than 10 years departed and he doesn t know where he ll find employees once the border finally reopens to more travelers. Being a third-generation business owner has its own challenges without two governments working against us, Boomer said during a roundtable discussion on the ongoing international border restrictions on Tuesday. We need some sort of opening not tomorrow, we need it now. We need something to start moving.
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.