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Akwesasne has long been a gaping hole in the U.S.-Canada border – exploited by smugglers to ship tobacco, guns and, most horrific, people. Organized crime rings have targeted it for its strategic location, wedged between Quebec, Ontario and New York state. And sometimes, those who believe in its reputation as …
Read More »Vehicle collides with pole near East York-Scarborough border: police – Toronto
One person suffered non-life-threatening injuries after crashing into a pole in Toronto, police say. In a tweet, Toronto police said they were called to a collision around Victoria Park Avenue and St. Clair Avenue East just before 3 p.m. on Sunday. Police said a vehicle travelling northbound had hit a …
Read More »Migrants caught in freezing bog near Manitoba border are from Mexico, officials say – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size United States officials say at least seven of the nine men caught crossing the border this week from southeast Manitoba are Mexican citizens. RCMP were first alerted to the group when one of them called 911 early Tuesday suffering from the cold weather. The …
Read More »Man’s body found near Roxham Road unofficial border crossing in Quebec
The Sûreté du Québec confirmed that the man’s body was discovered around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle area. News Source link
Read More »B.C. man faces lifetime ban from entering U.S. after border agents find forgotten bottle of CBD oil in his car
As the owner of an events company doing business with Christmas festivals in the U.S., Jonathan Houweling crosses the Peace Arch border in Surrey, B.C., dozens of times a year without issue. But during his latest trip on Nov. 7, he was chosen for a random search, where a border agent found …
Read More »N.S. gunman’s frequent trips abroad put him on a border watch list. They found nothing
A newly released document shows the Canada Border Services Agency had grown suspicious about Gabriel Wortman before he murdered 22 people in April 2020. The document is part of a trove of material released by the Mass Casualty Commission last week as it wrapped up its public hearings into the killings and their aftermath. Wortman and …
Read More »The end of random border testing can’t come soon enough for many travellers
The federal government’s pandemic border measures — including random testing for vaccinated travellers — could be coming to an end soon. It might not be soon enough for many travellers and tourism operators. Sources told CBC News that the government is likely to end all of the measures in the near term …
Read More »Ontario sisters still waiting for random COVID-19 border test more than a week after returning from trip
At first, Tori Nixon thought the email was a scam. In it, the federal government wrote that either Nixon or her sister had been selected for a mandatory random COVID-19 test at Toronto Pearson Airport on May 29, but that it had not been completed — and that they could face …
Read More »When it comes to stopping gun violence, it’s all about the border, critics say
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino spent much of the past week on the road, promoting his government’s new gun control bill to Canadians just as Canadians witnessed another wave of mass shootings south of the border. But for all the attention being paid to proposed measures that would freeze handgun …
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