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River Rouge — Karissa Baker saw it before she heard it: her boyfriend Jacob Temple was denied passage Monday morning into Detroit from Windsor. Temple, 29, attempted to invoke a medical exemption when trying to cross the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel from Windsor to Detroit. Temple doesn't need a doctor himself, but wanted to be with Baker, 30, on Tuesday when she undergoes testing in Brighton to get answers on the gastrointestinal issues that have bothered her for the past two years. Baker watched on her iPhone as her boyfriend's location showed, briefly, that he crossed from Windsor to Am...

How separated families are coping with the border closure By: Vanessa Misciagna and last updated 2021-07-16 22:28:16-04 PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Love knows no bounds, but for many, the northern border closure has certainly gotten in the way of it. The Driscoll family traveled all the way from Winston-Salem North Carolina to the US-Canadian border in northern Vermont to see their family from nearby Sherbrooke, Quebec. "We haven't seen each other since Christmas 2019. Decided to come as close as possible to one another to celebrate our son's birthday. That's what we're doing," s...

North Country Public Radio Before the pandemic, Esther Hazan’s relationship with her husband didn’t feel that different than any other long-distance relationship. She lives in Montreal. He lives north of New York City. She had driven down in mid-March of last year to celebrate his birthday. “We heard rumors like borders were closing. And we were like, there’s no way. Like, there’s just no way. This is not possible,” she recalled. Of course, it was possible. The border closed on March 21, 2020, to all non-essential traffic. The two did not see each other for several months. Then...

Feb 21, 2021 — Before the pandemic, Esther Hazan’s relationship with her husband didn’t feel that different than any other long-distance relationship. She lives in Montreal. He lives north of New York City. She had driven down in mid-March of last year to celebrate his birthday.  "We heard rumors like borders were closing. And we were like, there's no way. Like, there's just no way. This is not possible," she recalled. Of course, it was possible. The border closed on March 21st to all non-essential traffic. The two did not see each other for several months. Then, they began meeting o...

Year in Review: 2020 was memorable in so many ways Pratt Tribune Editor’s Note: It’s time to look back at the year just past - 2020, and remember the notable stories that were published in the Pratt Tribune. It was a memorable year in many ways. While many of the stories of 2020 focused on the coronavirus, it's coming, it's going, it's effect on the Pratt community and larger area, our number 1 top story for 2020 was about something entirely different. Without a doubt, Mammoth tusk found, was the top-attention getter this past year. It was a feel good, exciting experience that carried o...