Take a drive down scenic 56th Street in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, and you’ll pass manicured medians, brightly colored bouquets of flowers, and bunches of newly-built condos. On the approach to ...
POINT ROBERTS, WASHINGTON – The grass in Point Roberts keeps growing. So, every morning after walking the dog, sisters Jeanette Meursing and Diane Thomas put on their uniforms – all black outfits and ...
“When you cross the border and turn onto the main street, you’re immediately surrounded by trees. You take a deep breath and feel a sense of relief — like, ‘Gosh, I’m home,’” says Hannah Shucard, who ...
The owner of Point Roberts’ only grocery store says she will be forced to close next month if Canada and the U.S. don’t ease border restrictions. Canada to ease some restrictions, but U.S./Canada ...
The Port of Bellingham is increasing temporary ferry service to the isolated exclave of Point Roberts, Washington. That community was largely cut off from the U.S. mainland when Canada and the U.S.
A Point Roberts mailbox is seen full of uncollected mail on Thursday in Point Roberts, Wash. Many part-time residents of the community have not been able to return for the duration of the COVID-19 ...
Residents of Point Roberts, Washington are finally getting some relief in the form of a passenger ferry to the Whatcom County mainland. An emergency ferry route was arranged to help the town's ...
The three articles reveal Point Roberts' geographical isolation and its resulting challenges. An article shows how Point Roberts is impacted by a U.S.-Canada trade war, disrupting its local economy.
Point Roberts, Wash., has no hotels, no streetlights and neither a Starbucks nor a McDonald’s – for some, the definition of what constitutes civilization. Still, more than 5,000 visitors, nearly all ...
POINT ROBERTS — Isolation has been a universal experience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but no one has experienced isolation quite like Point Roberts and the hundreds of people residing in the ...
POINT ROBERTS, Wash. (AP) — A fire chief is warning of a looming “humanitarian crisis” on the peninsula of Point Roberts in northwest Washington state. It’s a predicament brought on by ...
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