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
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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.
Border-crossing frustrations 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 border heard from northern Minnesota residents Tuesday, April 6, about the impact the ongoing U.S.-Canada border closure is having on their lives and livelihoods.
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