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Looking back on a second season with COVID, the 1000 Islands International Tourism Council finds reason for optimism, and more so on the American side.

ALEXANDRIA BAY — Even without Canadian tourists visiting the north country last summer, tourism operators feel good about how the important summer season went.

Businesses in upstate New York are ready for Canadian travellers once the land border reopens on Nov. 8, according to the 1000 Islands International Tourism Council.

The latest on COVID-19 in Ottawa for Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021.

For some tourism-related businesses, 2020 will not go down as a high point in their history.

SYRACUSE, NY (WRVO) – When Corey Fram looks out of his window at work he sees both the American and Canadian flags flying high. “It’s on my property in the United States, but we carry two flags here, a lot of places and that means something to us,” said Fram, the director of the Thousand Islands International Tourism Council. The US-Canadian border remains closed until June 21, when it will be readdressed. Fram said the lack of communication between the two countries throughout the pand...

WATERTOWN — Chris Henry just wants to forget the havoc that COVID-19 caused to last summer’s important tourism season.

May 05, 2021 — New York U.S. Senator Charles Schumer made his first visit to St. Lawrence County as Majority Leader yesterday. The Democrat called on the Biden Administration to hammer out a concrete plan with Canada for reopening the border. At Massena’s airport Wednesday, Schumer flew in on private plane, shook some hands by a blue maintenance hangar, and took the podium. "So, the good news," he said, "is that New York’s really starting to reopen all across the way. Lots of people are g...

The 3 Willows Event Center was ready to pop champagne bottles at its first wedding reception at the new venue in Lyons Falls on July 25 of last year. But COVID-19 hit last March and the entire wedding reception season at the 500-seat wedding and event banquet center was canceled, leaving couples and 3 Willow Event Center owners hoping the 2021 season would be different. And it is different. Last month, the state released restrictive wedding guidelines leaving wedding reception venues scrambling...

Flooding this summer? River board doesn’t think so Keeping water levels low By Brendan Straub | February 19, 2021 at 6:42 AM EST - Updated February 19 at 7:07 AM WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - There’s optimism that the north country could dodge a summer of flooding along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. In 2017, many shoreline properties had sandbags barricading yards and pumps, trying to keep the water at bay. Two years later, more flooding and more damage. But now, the group ...