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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. You will now receive updates from Traveller Newsletter Traveller N...

NW News Network The nearly-deserted parking lot at the beginning of what should have been a busy May weekend explains a lot about why the only supermarket in Point Roberts, Washington, is on the verge of closure. A local fire chief is warning of a looming "humanitarian crisis" on the peninsula of Point Roberts in northwest Washington state. It's a strange predicament brought on by a money-losing supermarket and pandemic-related restrictions on crossing the U.S.-Canada border. The owner of the only grocery store in the exclave of Point Roberts said she is tapped out and will have to close aro...

More than 37,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been spoiled or wasted in Michigan. Canadians would like to have some of the U.S.'s extra doses.

Community immunity in reach for Northwest vaccination overachievers Hesitancy to get vaccinated against the coronavirus has justifiably drawn considerable attention because some counties and neighborhoods are lagging far behind in the campaign to stamp out COVID-19. Less often do you hear about the COVID-19 vaccination overachievers. In recent weeks, pockets of the Pacific Northwest have exceeded the threshold for community immunity. But the variability of inoculation rates across the region limits the protection earned, according to health officials. San Juan County is tops in Washington sta...

Tom Banse / NW News Network Hesitancy to get vaccinated against the coronavirus has justifiably drawn considerable attention because some counties and neighborhoods are lagging far behind in the campaign to stamp out COVID-19. Less often do you hear about the COVID-19 vaccination overachievers. In recent weeks, pockets of the Pacific Northwest have exceeded the threshold for community immunity. But the variability of inoculation rates across the region limits the protection earned, according to health officials. San Juan County is tops in Washington state for vaccinating eligible people....