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Link Point Roberts is a bizarre US exclave in Canada, which Canadians visit for cheap petrol, packages and alcohol.  Photo: Alamy The 1100 Americans and Canadians who lived here thought nothing of crossing into Canada for work, school or errands or to get to the US mainland. Then on March 21, 2020, in response to the pandemic, US and Canadian officials abruptly closed the entire border to nonessential travel – squeezing the peninsula like a tourniquet. ...

Owner of Point Roberts only grocery store says she cant afford to stay open (File photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) The owner of Point Roberts’ only grocery store says she will be forced to close next month if Canada and the U.S. don’t ease border restrictions. Point Roberts, which sits south of Vancouver in the Lily Point Marine Reserve, is officially part of the U.S., but you have to go through Canada to gain access. The only other way would be a two-hour ...

CBS News Cut off from the rest of America, a small town endures lockdown COVID had a pretty hard time finding its way to Point Roberts, Washington. Theres been only one confirmed case there since the pandemic began.  It is remote; on a map, Point Roberts looks like it should be a part of Canada, except that this fingertip of land dangles just below the 49th parallel, officially making Point Roberts part of Washington State.  "They call it Pretend America, the worlds largest gated community," ...

200 CARES Act-Funded Projects for the Online Imperative Facing unprecedented challenges to citizen service delivery in the months following municipal office closings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local governments realized that to continue operating, they needed to rapidly migrate many of their manual citizen services and internal processes online by CivicPlus / March 1, 2021 SPONSORED Facing unprecedented challenges to citizen service ...

A Washington town devastated by the pandemic will be able to resume trade and travel with Canada following a new deal between the U.S. and its northern neighbor.

and muslim parents crying foul when their kids come home with flyers about an easter egg hunt at a local church. they claim it violates the constitution. are they taking it too far? we report, you decide. "fox and friends" begins right now. welcome to "fox and friends." its sunday morning. it is the 6th of april. and we are really glad. nice to see you. >> he was stunned by annas beauty. >> i was. >> coming up, well show you the easter egg controversy. are you getting ready for east ...