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Chamber of Commerce President Brian Calder says they're worried Canadians won't return after being kept out for 19 months.

As Point Roberts businesses hit 18 months with the majority of their customers locked out, Gov. Inslee calls on the federal government to reopen the border.

As the U.S. Border continues to be closed to Canadians, the town of Point Roberts must deal with the loss of most of its tourism revenue.

How hot is the Pacific Northwest real estate market? So hot that even in an isolated exclave such as Point Roberts, Washington, home prices are sizzling

Residents will be allowed to visit neighboring Canadian communities to "carry out everyday functions and access goods and services" regardless of vaccination status.

VANCOUVER -- Ali Hayton is feeling frustrated, disappointed, and most of all, worried. The owner of Point Roberts’ only grocery store, the International Marketplace, has been hanging on by a thread since the U.S. exclave in Washington State, which borders the Metro Vancouver city of Tsawwassen, was virtually cut-off some 16 months ago. And Hayton says Ottawa’s announcement to allow fully-vaccinated Americans to enter Canada starting August 9th, without a matching announcement or plan fr...

POINT ROBERTS, Wash. — In 1846, after decades of haggling, American and British diplomats finally agreed on a border between the U.S. Northwest and what would later become Canada. Following the 49th parallel west from the Rocky Mountains almost to Vancouver Island, the boundary sliced straight across a peninsula that jutted south from Canada, leaving 4.8 square miles on the American side. Point Roberts, Washington, long prospered as an appendage of Canada. Its economy thrived on sales of g...

Governor visits town isolated by US-Canada border closure July 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail POINT ROBERTS, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s governor traveled to the exclave of Point Roberts on Friday to visit residents who have been voicing concern for months about the border closure between the U.S. and Canada that has essentially cut them off from both countries. Point Roberts is on the tip of a peninsula south of Vancouver, British Columbia, that juts into U.S. territory. It’s part of W...

Money coming to keep Point Roberts only grocer open as US-Canada border closure continues Gov. Jay Inslee said the state would give the market $100,000 from its strategic reserves, preserving its 10 jobs and avoiding a food security crisis. Author: Associated Press, KING 5 Staff Published: 5:57 PM PDT June 29, 2021 Updated: 5:57 PM PDT June 29, 2021 POINT ROBERTS, Wash — Money is on the way to help save the only grocery store in an isolated Wash...

Richard Read12:02, Jun 25 2021 Makaristos/wikimedia commons The international boundary between Canada and the United States in Point Roberts, Washington. In 1846, after decades of haggling, American and British diplomats finally agreed on a border between the US Northwest and what would later become Canada. Following the 49th parallel west from the Rocky Mountains almost to Vancouver Island, the boundary sliced straight across a peninsula that jutted south from Canada, leaving 4.8 square miles...