This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Residents of two isolated border towns in B.C. and Alaska are asking to be recognized as one community and exempted from Canada-U.S. border restrictions.
“Residents of Hyder and Stewart take the risks of exposure to COVID-19 very seriously and support measures that minimize those risks, recognizing that we all need to do our part,” said Carly Ackerman, dual citizen and Stewart resident. Ms. Ackerman and other residents recently formed a group called Hyder AK & Stewart BC COVID-19 Action Committee. She said the group directed the petition to Mr. Blair on Friday.
Caroline Stewart, who has lived in Hyder for nearly 50 years, said many people there have family in Stewart. Ashley Lemire, a spokeswoman for CBSA, didn’t comment on the petition, but said healthy, asymptomatic individuals for whom crossing the border is essential for work and daily life, can still do so.
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