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The rules state that anyone travelling TO Alaska must cross at one of the following locations in BC:
•Abbotsford-Huntingdon (British Columbia)
•Kingsgate (British Columbia)
•Osoyoos (British Columbia)
The Canada Border Services Agency is tightening up the rules for Americans and other foreign nationals travelling through Western Canada on the way to Alaska, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Beginning Friday, foreign nationals travelling to Alaska for non-discretionary purposes will only be allowed to enter the country through five border crossings in Western Canada.
Each visitor will be allowed a “reasonable period of stay” to make the journey, but will be limited to following “the most direct route” to Alaska, according to a CBSA press release. They must avoid all national parks, leisure sites and tourism activities along the way, and must report to Canadian border officers when they leave the country.
Every driver will be given a tag to hang from their rear-view mirror “to support compliance,” the press release says. That tag will include the date by which they must leave Canada.
Source: CBC
Robin Hopkins says
The “direct” route through the Okanagan allows for recreational detours all the way up the valley in this tourist oriented area. Way too tempting and open to abuse in my opinion.
neil seidler says
It’s about time! They have been so slow on doing what is right to stop the spread of Covid 19. If they had shut down all the airlines back in January when this was becoming a problem we wouldn’t have had it world wide. But no, they were scared of the backlash from the airlines, the poor airlines that treat their customers so badly and give millions to the shareholders. The government could have had this stopped this in it’s tracks and our economy wouldn’t have taken the hit it did. Instead they did what was politically correct to save their butts and keep the votes they had bought over the years with our money. Things will have to change or “we” as a country and as a people will not be around in the future. It seems politicians do what they want to benefit themselves and their friends with total immunity from the law.
Publisher: Classic failure Neil – brushing all politicians into one bathroom. Many are good. Many fine women and men. I could name a few or maybe many.
It is a bit like blaming the men of the world for all sin – when 97% of men work, marry, have kids and grandchildren and have a “record” of being good citizens.