From the Niagara Falls Review:
The federal government won’t move ahead with its plan to incorporate biometric technology into passports until Canadians have had a chance to weigh in on it.
Pamela Stephens, a spokeswoman for Justice Minister and Attorney General Rob Nicholson, said Friday the minister’s office has been assured by Passport Canada that the agency [...]
From the Toronto Star:
Tourism industry officials in Toronto and Niagara Falls say they are shocked to learn the U.S. State Department plans to raise passport fees by as much as 35 per cent.
A new adult passport would cost $135, up from $100. Since last summer, passports have been mandatory to cross the Canada-U.S. border. The [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Fewer Americans came to visit Canada in October than in September, while the number of Canadians travelling to the United States was up slightly the same month, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
Travel by U. S. residents to Canada fell 2.6% to 1.6 million in October, compared to the previous [...]
From Niagara This Week:
The double whammy of the brutal recession and new identification rules at the border have devastated cross-border travel that’s a backbone of Niagara’s crucial tourism sector, gutting thousands of jobs here, figures from the Binational Tourism Alliance show.
In an attempt to try to reverse the disturbing trend, the alliance is pushing local, [...]
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From CanadaEast.com:
David Tetrault has noticed a 50 per cent drop in business at his bed and breakfast in Niagara Falls, Ont., this year and he estimates a chunk of that is the result of new passport regulations at the Canada-U.S. border.
“Our business is probably 30 per cent less just because of the passport issue alone,” [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Welcome to the United States. No passport required.
Scores of native North Americans poured across into Canada from the U.S., then returned home without a passport Saturday, despite new American rules requiring most people to carry a passport or some other approved government document to enter the United States.
Natives have been able [...]
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The Canadian tourism industry is experiencing its longest period of decline since the 9-11 terrorist attacks almost eight years ago, according to Statistics Canada report released Monday.
But if the recent experience of the Niagara Parks Commission is a good indication of what’s happening elsewhere in Niagara, Ontario and across Canada today, [...]
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From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal:
If you’re a U.S. citizen lacking the proper documentation for that return trip from Canada, don’t panic.
After all those warnings that you needed to be in full compliance by June 1 — when the new rules took effect — the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reminded motorists that they [...]
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From the Toronto Star:
As cars and trucks breezed across the Peace Bridge to Buffalo this morning, it was shaping up to be a typical Monday at the U.S.-Canadian border despite new documentation requirements coming into effect today.
Under the new requirements, Canadians will still be allowed across the U.S. border without a passport or enhanced driver’s [...]
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From the Niagara Falls Review:
Canadians travelling to the U. S. by car need to add one more thing to their checklist starting today as new rules requiring passports kick in.
Showing up at a crossing with your birth certificate or citizenship card and photo ID won’t guarantee entry anymore. The United States now requires Canadians and [...]
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