Tuesday, March 25, 2025 Approximately 20 miles north of Orcas Island is a rare “exclave” of the United States. Point Roberts is a 5-square-mile community with the Salish Sea coast to its west, south, and east. Its northern border is shared with Canada. This community — greatly dependent on goodwill with Canada — is home…
Monday, March 24, 2025by Jeff Noedel “Bill 7,” a bill filed in the British Columbian provincial legislature known as the “Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act,” could impose a tariff on goods shipped on British Columbia highways between Washington and Alaska. That’s just one of many ways the bill — if passed into law — could…
Monday, March 24, 2025 If you’ve driven on I-5 near Bellingham, you might have noticed fewer British Columbia license plates. Canadian national broadcaster CBC News is reporting that 500,000 fewer Canadians traveled into the U.S. in February. BCB attributes the drop to “The data shows there was a sudden reversal in February, just as U.S….
U.S. pauses Columbia River water-sharing negotiations with Canada amid Trump threats Canada controls the flow of the Northwest’s largest river from its headwaters in British Columbia, ensuring enough water is sent downstream to meet U.S. hydropower needs Monday, March 17, 2025FROM THE OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLEby Alex Baumhardt The nations were trying to finalize updates to…
by Tom Banse, contributor to The Salish CurrentOriginally published in The Salish Current on January 3, 2025 Western Washington refineries brought in more oil by tanker from Canada after an expanded export terminal opened in May near Vancouver Washington state oil refineries are taking advantage of a newly expanded tanker terminal just across the border…
