U.S. Canadian Border

Even though Canada is super close to Buffalo and Western New York, double check these things to make sure you can cross the border

The surprise move by Canadian officials has left many Western New Yorkers excited

So we're all asking what will it eventually take for the Canadian government to agree to reopen the International border. It has come to the point that the monthly postponement seems a virtual certainty.

Canada has been working hard to reverse the effects of Coronavirus but is lagging in the vaccination of citizens due in part to a lack of vaccines. The United States is helping Canada with its vaccine roll-out. It sent a million shots of the vaccine across the border Thursday night.

The U.S. border with Canada is still closed for at least another month, but if a Congressman's efforts are successful the door could be opened for medical reasons.

The U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico will stay closed to nonessential travel for at least another month according to an interview on Global News Canada with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Parking lots and streets in usually busy Niagara Falls have been seemingly empty lately. Only a few people at restaurants outside. WKBW-TV reports that one reason for this is because of the closure of non-essential travel across the Canadian-U.S. border.