<story><title>Canada to bar entry to non-residents (except US)</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbsa-border-airports-screening-trudeau-covid19-coronavirus-1.5498866</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reaperducer</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a school district in Washington where the children have to take a bus through Canada to get to school.&lt;p&gt;That is, if Washington State schools are still open.&lt;p&gt;Still, there are a number of U.S. towns that can only be accessed through Canada.&lt;p&gt;Also, my relatives in Minnesota say that most of the retail sales in their town is Canadians who don&amp;#x27;t have anywhere else to shop.</text></item><item><author>wolco</author><text>Reading between the lines I get the feeling we can&amp;#x27;t close the border and we&amp;#x27;re all in it together. There are towns where the border runs through the middle of town.  Indian tribes that run through both. It would be extremely difficult to close the entire border.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>danudey</author><text>&amp;gt;  There&amp;#x27;s a school district in Washington where the children have to take a bus through Canada to get to school.&lt;p&gt;In case anyone is curious, they&amp;#x27;re referring to Point Roberts, a town whose primary economic drivers are, as far as I&amp;#x27;ve been able to tell, Canadians coming down to pick up packages to avoid cross-border shipping, and providing gas and restaurant meals to those same Canadians.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Point_Roberts,_Washington&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Point_Roberts,_Washington&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Canada to bar entry to non-residents (except US)</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbsa-border-airports-screening-trudeau-covid19-coronavirus-1.5498866</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reaperducer</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a school district in Washington where the children have to take a bus through Canada to get to school.&lt;p&gt;That is, if Washington State schools are still open.&lt;p&gt;Still, there are a number of U.S. towns that can only be accessed through Canada.&lt;p&gt;Also, my relatives in Minnesota say that most of the retail sales in their town is Canadians who don&amp;#x27;t have anywhere else to shop.</text></item><item><author>wolco</author><text>Reading between the lines I get the feeling we can&amp;#x27;t close the border and we&amp;#x27;re all in it together. There are towns where the border runs through the middle of town.  Indian tribes that run through both. It would be extremely difficult to close the entire border.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>techsupporter</author><text>&amp;gt; That is, if Washington State schools are still open.&lt;p&gt;All public schools in Washington State are closed, FWIW.</text></comment>