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More than 1,350 prohibited weapons linked to Chilliwack, B.C., homes seized
Canada Border Services Agency says it has seized more than 1,350 prohibited weapons and firearms linked to residences in Chilliwack, B.C. A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) patch is seen on an officer in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta ending agreement to hold people detained on immigration matters
A patch is seen on the shoulder of a Canada Border Services Agency officer's in Tsawwassen, B.C., Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. The Alberta government says it is ending an agreement with Canada Border Services Agency to use provincial correctional centres to house people being detained on immigration matters.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
Nexus pilot project extends to Peace Bridge as Canada, U.S. look to address application backlog
A motorist scans a Nexus card as another speaks with a Canada Border Services Agency officer at a primary inspection booth at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, B.C., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. An experimental bid to rescue the troubled Nexus trusted-traveller program between Canada and the United States has expanded to the Peace Bridge. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada-U.S. border crossing pilot project offers hope for stalled Nexus fast-traveller program
A Canada Border Services Agency officer speaks with a traveller at the Nexus office at the airport in Ottawa, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Evening Update: British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigns after 45 days in office as leader
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media in London, Oct. 20, 2022.
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Canada ‘contracts out’ obligations to refugee claimants, advocates tell top court
A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) patch is seen on an officer in Calgary, on Aug. 1, 2019. Border officers say they've made significant seizures of so-called "ghost guns" made from 3D-printed parts and lacking serial numbers in the B.C. Interior, after intercepting international deliveries arriving at mail centres in Vancouver and Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Nova Scotia will stop holding federal immigration detainees in provincial jails
Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 3, 2020. Nova Scotia has become the second Canadian province to announce an end to holding federal immigration detainees in provincial jails, a shift that human rights advocates hope becomes a national trend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Clash over whether U.S. officers can be armed in Canada keeps Nexus offices closed
A dispute over American customs officers' legal protections has kept Nexus enrolment centres closed in Canada more than three months after they reopened south of the border — due in part to a clash over U.S. agents' right to bear arms on Canadian soil. A motorist scans a Nexus card as another speaks with a Canada Border Services Agency officer at a primary inspection booth at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday February 5, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. ending immigration detention arrangement with CBSA, citing human rights
B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on April 11, 2022. Farnworth says the province is ending its arrangement with Canada Border Services Agency to hold immigration detainees in provincial correctional centres. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
politics
Canada, U.S. strike deal to strengthen enforcement of ban on exports that could aid Russian war machine
FILE PHOTO: Service members of pro-Russian troops ride an infantry fighting vehicle during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine June 2, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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Liberal government revives bill to create watchdog for Canada Border Services Agency
A Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) patch is seen on an officer in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Canada Border Services Agency is imposing stricter rules for non-essential travellers transiting through Canada to Alaska in order to minimize the time that American travellers spend in Canada.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Truck drivers face delays after Pacific Border highway closed due to protests
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stand guard, as a convoy of truckers and supporters continue to protest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine mandates at a closed border on the Pacific highway, near the border in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, February 12, 2022. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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Ottawa ‘clarifies’ truckers are not exempt from COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Vehicles sit idling on Thousand Island Parkway waiting to cross into the US, on Monday Nov. 8, 2021. The Canada Border Services Agency said Wednesday that a vaccine mandate for truckers would not come into effect this Saturday as planned. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Public Health Agency of Canada involved in ‘error’ on trucker COVID-19 vaccine rules, sources say
In this Tuesday, June 12, 2018, photo, trucks cross the Ambassador Bridge from Windsor, Ont. into Detroit. Turmoil and confusion last week over whether truckers would remain exempt from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate followed misinterpretations of regulations by both the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Paul Sancya
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Canada-U.S. border: Workers’ union, employers to resume talks after strike threat
A Canadian Border Services Agency worker is seen at the Canada/USA border crossing in Windsor, Ont. on Saturday, March 21, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rob Gurdebeke
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MPs to hear from ministers, officials on safety of returning travellers in quarantine
A person is seen in the window of a room at a government-authorized COVID-19 quarantine hotel in Richmond, B.C. on Sunday, February 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada deported thousands of people in 2020 even as pandemic raged, data show
Canada deported thousands of people even as COVID-19 raged last year, data seen by Reuters show, and lawyers say deportations are ramping up, putting people needlessly at risk in the midst of a global health emergency.
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Canada border official says information was shared inappropriately with police in Meng case
Meng Wanzhou, second left, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves B.C. Supreme Court during a break from a hearing, in Vancouver, on Friday, December 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Border official warned Canadian police not to use Meng Wanzhou’s phone passcodes, court hears
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to attend a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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FBI was ‘persistent’ about getting information in Huawei CFO’s extradition case, court hears
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to attend a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Mountie says he suggested meeting with CBSA on Meng arrest to avoid ‘problems’
Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei, leaves her home to attend a hearing at B.C. Supreme Court, in Vancouver, on Friday, November 27, 2020.
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RCMP officer says he didn’t give guidance on Meng Wahzhou’s border exam
Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
politics
Federal guidance for border agency surveillance, sources drafted but never issued, memo shows
A Canadian Border Service Agency officer walks between checkpoints at the Canada-United States border crossing at the Thousand Islands Bridge, which remains closed to non-essential traffic to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Lars Hagberg
opinion
In Canada’s fight against the coronavirus, the U.S. border remains a problem
Gary Mason
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Canada, U.S. begin turning away casual travellers at shared border
A man walks past the Peace Arch at the Canada/USA border in Surrey, B.C. Friday, March 20, 2020.
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Bill Blair says Canada Border Services Agency ramping screening efforts at all major points of entry
Quebec healthcare workers assigned by the city of Montreal hand out information pamphlets on COVID-19 procedures to passengers arriving from abroad at Trudeau International Airport on Monday, March 16, 2020 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
politics
Border agents to start warning all air travellers of 14-day isolation period
A CBSA officer wears a protective face mask amid coronavirus fears as she checks passports for travellers arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport, on March 15, 2020.
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Huawei executive in court this week seeking more information in extradition case
FILE - In this May 8, 2019, file photo, Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, back right, who is out on bail and remains under partial house arrest leaves her home to attend a court appearance in Vancouver, British Columbia. China on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, has urged Canada to "reflect on its mistakes" and immediately release a Huawei executive detained in Vancouver. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
opinion
Canada isn’t immune when it comes to mistreating migrants within our borders
Abdullah Shihipar and Chris Ramsaroop
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Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers say officers intentionally misled her
FILE PHOTO: Huawei's Financial Chief Meng Wanzhou leaves her family home in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson