Category: COVID Border

Two Canadian Tech Companies Are Recreating ArriveCan to Show It Can be Done Much Cheaper Than $54 Million

Two Canadian technology companies have attempted to recreate the ArriveCan app over the thanksgiving long weekend in a bid to show that the federal government didn’t have to spend a reported $54 million on the border-crossing app. TribalScale and Lazer Technologies, tech firms that specialize in building apps and other software for corporate clients, each announced their…


US Centers for Disease Control Urges Americans to ‘Reconsider’ Travel to Canada

WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department is now urging Americans to “reconsider travel” to Canada due to what the Centers for Disease Control call “high” levels of COVID-19 infection. The new Level 3 travel advisory, issued today, marks a quick end to a three-week period when the warning to would-be travellers to Canada had been eased to…


U.S. Centers for Disease Control Urges Americans to ‘Reconsider’ Travel to Canada

WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department is now urging Americans to “reconsider travel” to Canada due to what the Centers for Disease Control call “high” levels of COVID-19 infection. The new Level 3 travel advisory, issued today, marks a quick end to a three-week period when the warning to would-be travellers to Canada had been eased to…


Border Quarantine to Soon Lift for Fully Vaccinated Canadians

OTTAWA—Fully vaccinated Canadians and permanent residents will soon be able to return to Canada without a mandatory quarantine. The first stage in loosening the border restrictions that have been in place for 15 months will begin at 11:59 p.m. eastern time on July 5. It will apply only to people already eligible to travel to…


Restrictions at U.S. Border to Remain in Place Until End of July, Blair Says

OTTAWA— Travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border will remain in place for at least another month. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the American and Canadian governments are extending restrictions on non-essential international travel until July 21. He adds in a tweet that the government will provide details on Monday about plans to let fully…


Canada Will Need 75% Vaccination Before U.S. Border Reopens, Trudeau Suggests

WASHINGTON—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suggesting that three-quarters of Canadians will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Canada-U.S. border can be reopened. Trudeau acknowledges that discussions about the border are ongoing, but he’s tamping down any expectations that travel restrictions could be lifted soon. Discretionary travel between Canada and the United States has…


New CDC Guidance Makes It Clear: Time to Reopen Canada U.S. Border, Congressman Says

WASHINGTON—A U.S. lawmaker who has made a political crusade out of getting the border with Canada reopened is once again pressing his case with President Joe Biden. New York Rep. Brian Higgins has written to Biden again, this time to argue that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control is proving his point. Yesterday, the CDC…


Fewer Flights Land in Canada With COVID 19 Since Ban on Planes From India, Pakistan

OTTAWA—The number of planes landing in Canada carrying passengers with COVID-19 was cut by more than half in the two weeks after the federal government barred incoming flights from India and Pakistan. Transport Canada announced April 22 that direct flights from the countries would be halted for 30 days after high numbers of passengers were…