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Canada has confirmed its border with the U.S. will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least November 21 as the battle to contain the spread of coronavirus continues. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair made the announcement in a tweet on Monday, October 19. The closure had been due to expire on October 21, with
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made it clear the Canada-U.S. border is likely to remain closed beyond the current October 21 deadline. Trudeau said this week that as long as cases remain high in the U.S., the border would remain closed. “We have committed to keeping Canadians safe and we keep extending the border closures
The Canada-U.S. border is to remain closed for another month to September 21, it has been announced. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair made the announcement via Twitter on Friday. It means the border will have been closed for at least six months, after initially closing on March 21, 2020, with coronavirus cases still increasing in
The Canada-U.S. border is to remain closed for another month to August 21, according to multiple sources. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly confirmed the extended closure in a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump earlier this week. The border has been closed since March 21 to stop the spread of coronavirus. With multiple
The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel until July 21 following a further extension announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday. The widely-expected 30-day extension was announced by Trudeau in his daily coronavirus press briefing. “I can now confirm that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to extend current border measures by
Canada has introduced a new exemption to coronavirus entry restrictions for immediate family members of citizens and permanent residents. The new exemption is in place as of June 8, 2020 at 11.59pm. What is the New Exemption? Foreign nationals who are immediate family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents, and who do not have
A further extension to the ban on non-essential travel across the Canada-US border is highly likely, according to a report by the Reuters news agency. Although a final decision has not yet been reached, the border is set to remain closed until late July. The current closure expires on June 21. The closure, originally imposed
Canada will provide an exemption to the U.S. border closure to allow immediate family members of citizens and permanent residents to enter. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the ’limited exemption’ on Monday in response to numerous stories of families being separated by coronavirus border closures. “This is an incredibly difficult time to be apart from
The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed for a further month as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement in a news conference on Tuesday. The original agreement, reached between Canada and the U.S. in March, was due to expire on May 21 but has been
