On Aug. 9, Canada started welcoming back fully vaccinated visitors from the United States, but there are requirements to follow.
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Mills offers $10 million aid package for businesses near Canadian border
The grants of as much as $100,000 are intended to help businesses harmed by the loss of Canadian customers while their entry into America has been barred during the pandemic.
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What U.S. travelers should know before the Canadian border reopens Monday
The Canada Border Services Agency is expected to reopen starting midnight on Monday to non-essential travelers.
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Union representing Canada border employees votes to strike
The union that represents about 9,000 border service employees said its members may go on strike as soon as Aug. 6, 3 days before fully vaccinated U.S. citizens will be able to visit Canada without having to quarantine.
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Maine’s congressional delegation and governor call for Canadian border to reopen
They criticize the U.S. plan to keep the border closed to Canadians for at least another month after Canada announced its border would reopen to U.S. travelers on Aug. 9.
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Canada to let vaccinated U.S. citizens enter country on Aug. 9
Canadian officials also announced that children who aren’t vaccinated but are traveling with vaccinated parents won’t have to quarantine, but will have to avoid group activities.
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Canada may allow fully vaccinated Americans in as of mid-August
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that if Canada’s current positive path of vaccination rate and public health conditions continue, the border can open.
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Canadian government rejects virus shots in U.S. border tunnel
A mayor in Ontario, Canada, says the Canadian government has rejected a creative plan to have people line up inside a U.S. border tunnel to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Canadian labor market bounces back strongly after lockdowns
With the June gains, Canada has recovered 2.65 million of the 3 million jobs lost at the height of the pandemic last year.
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Police receive dozens of ‘sudden-death’ calls during heat wave in Vancouver
Records include a new Canadian high temperature of 118 degrees set in Lytton, British Columbia, smashing the previous record of 116 degrees set in the same village a day earlier.