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With the U.S. side of the Canadian border poised to reopen, this holiday season will be a time for cross-border family reunions.

Marissa Darlingh is now on administrative leave from Milwaukee Public Schools, pending an internal investigation.

New York communities separated by the U.S.-Canada land border closure are celebrating the...

The U.S. government on Friday once again extended a ban on nonessential travel across its land borders from Canada and Mexico, citing efforts to minimize the spread of the delta variant. The ban limits border crossings by land or ferry, though flights between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico remain unrestricted. The Department of Homeland…

Its not yet clear when the U.S. will reopen to Canadian tourists.

River Rouge — Karissa Baker saw it before she heard it: her boyfriend Jacob Temple was denied passage Monday morning into Detroit from Windsor. Temple, 29, attempted to invoke a medical exemption when trying to cross the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel from Windsor to Detroit. Temple doesnt need a doctor himself, but wanted to be with Baker, 30, on Tuesday when she undergoes testing in Brighton to get answers on the gastrointestinal issues that have bothered her for the past two years. Baker wa...

How separated families are coping with the border closure By: Vanessa Misciagna and last updated 2021-07-16 22:28:16-04 PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Love knows no bounds, but for many, the northern border closure has certainly gotten in the way of it. The Driscoll family traveled all the way from Winston-Salem North Carolina to the US-Canadian border in northern Vermont to see their family from nearby Sherbrooke, Quebec. "We havent seen each other since Christmas 2019. Decided to co...

North Country Public Radio Before the pandemic, Esther Hazan’s relationship with her husband didn’t feel that different than any other long-distance relationship. She lives in Montreal. He lives north of New York City. She had driven down in mid-March of last year to celebrate his birthday. “We heard rumors like borders were closing. And we were like, there’s no way. Like, there’s just no way. This is not possible,” she recalled. Of course, it was possible. The border closed on M...

Feb 21, 2021 — Before the pandemic, Esther Hazan’s relationship with her husband didn’t feel that different than any other long-distance relationship. She lives in Montreal. He lives north of New York City. She had driven down in mid-March of last year to celebrate his birthday.  "We heard rumors like borders were closing. And we were like, theres no way. Like, theres just no way. This is not possible," she recalled. Of course, it was possible. The border closed on March 21st to all no...

Year in Review: 2020 was memorable in so many ways Pratt Tribune Editor’s Note: It’s time to look back at the year just past - 2020, and remember the notable stories that were published in the Pratt Tribune. It was a memorable year in many ways. While many of the stories of 2020 focused on the coronavirus, its coming, its going, its effect on the Pratt community and larger area, our number 1 top story for 2020 was about something entirely different. Without a doubt, Mammoth tusk found, wa...