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 Washington state community that’s been especially strained by the pandemic-related closure of the U.S.-Canada border. About 1,300 people live on Point Roberts, on the tip of a peninsula south of Vancouver, British Columbia, that juts into U.S. territory.