“It seems like we’re almost in East and West Berlin,” Clemens said. Canadian officials announced this week that fully-vaccinated Americans can enter Canada starting Aug. 9 without a need to quarantine, provided they can show proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test. However, the United States has signalled it won’t allow Canadian travellers across until at least Aug. 21. Officials on both sides have cited fears about the extra-contagious Delta variant, which threatens to upend reopening plans as vaccination campaigns stall. In the meantime communities like Noonan, where friendships and economies straddle the 49th parallel, are feeling the continued frustration of shutdown.