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  VANCOUVER -- The day after the fire chief of Point Roberts, Wash., made an appeal to U.S. and Canadian officials to be permitted to give Canadians excess doses of COVID-19 vaccine, B.C.’s top doctor confirmed a number of cross-border discussions have been underway. “You know the people I’ve been concerned about are cross-border truckers,” provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday afternoon. “I’m not aware of any programs that have started at this point,” Henr...

Point Roberts wants to share excess vaccine supply with Canadian neighbors The Point Roberts Fire Chief is asking that Canadians be let into the small town to take advantage of their excess supply of vaccines. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 3:52 PM PDT April 30, 2021 POINT ROBERTS, Wash. — After a successful vaccination rollout, the small town of Point Roberts, Washington, is asking elected officials to share their excess supply with their Canadian neighbors. Po...

Dave Navarro Jr/Shutterstock The fire chief of Point Roberts, WA, is proposing an exemption of sorts to the US-Canada border closure to allow Canadians to travel to his community for COVID-19 vaccinations. “We need to be helping each other out during this pandemic,” Chief Christopher Carleton told Daily Hive. As such, Carleton said he has proposed three options: The first option would be to give dual citizens who live in the Lower Mainland the ability to come to Point Roberts, get vaccinate...

  Community leaders in the small town of Point Roberts, Wash., are offering up excess doses of COVID-19 vaccine to people in B.C. Some British Columbians have properties in the American town that borders Canada while being cut off from the rest of the United States. Point Roberts Fire Chief Christopher Carleton says 70 per cent of residents have been immunized and the town would like to share vaccine starting with Americans living in B.C. and B.C. residents with properties in the town. Off...