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This waterfront watering hole in Point Roberts should be crowded on a sunny Friday afternoon. Instead, it is closed. Credit: Tom Banse / NW News Network Ongoing closure of Canadian border to nonessential crossings makes Washington enclave stir crazy By The United States and Canadian governments confirmed Thursday that pandemic border crossing restrictions will continue for at least another month to June 21. This is the fourteenth month-by-month extension of the closure of the no...

The United States and Canadian governments confirmed Thursday that pandemic border crossing restrictions will continue for at least another month to June

Chief Christopher Carleton of Whatcom County Fire District 5 proposes to open a drive-thru vaccination site on the U.S. side of the Point Roberts border crossing. Credit: Tom Banse / NW News Network Come for your shot, Canadians, proposes exclave of Point Roberts, USA By As the story of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Pacific Northwest changes from scarcity to surplus, one northwestern Washington community says it is in a unique position to extend a helping hand across the border. P...

As the story of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Pacific Northwest changes from scarcity to surplus, one northwestern Washington community says it is in a

Listen • 4:02 Chief Christopher Carleton of Whatcom County Fire District 5 proposes to open a drive-thru vaccination site on the U.S. side of the Point Roberts border crossing. As the story of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Pacific Northwest changes from scarcity to surplus, one northwestern Washington community says it is in a unique position to extend a helping hand across the border. Point Roberts, USA, is attached to British Columbia and doesn’t connect by land to the r...

By Joe Teehan May 18, 2021 9:46 am KGMI WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – Whatcom County has shot down the Point Roberts fire chief’s idea to use the peninsula’s extra vaccines to help our neighbors in Canada. Chief Christopher Carleton offered to establish a pop-up clinic to serve Canadian citizens with ties to Point Roberts along with local residents. But the Whatcom County Health Department said in a statement that their priority is to ensure that county residents continue to have access to vacc...

With just over 3% of Canadians fully inoculated against COVID-19, a growing number of Americas northern border states and communities have stepped up to offer them excess doses.

Point Roberts shares its only land border with Canada, where only 3% of the population is vaccinated. Author: Chris Daniels Updated: 1:55 PM PDT May 16, 2021 POINT ROBERTS, Wash. — Should the U.S. lend a helping hand to Canada, and establish a border vaccination clinic? Point Roberts Fire Chief Christopher Carleton thinks so.   "I think Canadians should have the right to come across and get vaccinated here," Carleton said. Point Roberts shares its only land bo...

By Kathi OShea May 3, 2021 9:08 am clipart.com POINT ROBERTS, Wash. — Point Roberts is offering their excess COVID-19 vaccines to their neighbors across the border. Fire Chief Christopher Carleton says his isolated Whatcom County community is pretty well covered and they’d like to be able to give their extras to American citizens living in British Columbia. He said it would be a win-win for both countries if people were vaccinated in Point Roberts without having to isolate for 14 days when...

The request comes after the fire chief of Point Roberts, a small Washington enclave connected to B.C., wrote a letter to officials outlining why it would benefit a community that's been hard-hit by the border closure.