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Two towns on B.C.-Alaska border want to form a bubble

Two towns on B.C.-Alaska border want to form a bubble

Two towns on B.C.-Alaska border want to form a bubble
Aug 05, 2020 1 min, 27 secs

Some residents of the closely connected border towns are asking governments to end months of isolation for businesses, family and friends.

Residents said the travel restrictions cause undue hardship, especially for people in Hyder, who rely on the neighboring town for groceries, gas and other supplies.

“Residents of Hyder and Stewart take the risks of exposure to COVID-19 very seriously and support measures that minimize those risks, recognizing that we all need to do our part,” said Carly Ackerman, dual citizen and Stewart resident.

“However, in this specific and unique situation, with no cases of the virus here, along with the extreme remoteness of the area, allowing these 500 residents special consideration as an integrated community is a reasonable request of government.”.

Ackerman and other residents recently formed a group called Hyder AK & Stewart BC COVID-19 Action Committee.

Stewart Mayor Gina McKay said current policies allow Hyder residents to cross the border for essentials once a week.

Caroline Stewart, who has lived in Hyder for nearly 50 years, said many people there have family in Stewart.

Ashley Lemire, a spokeswoman for CBSA, didn’t comment on the petition, but said healthy, asymptomatic individuals for whom crossing the border is essential for work and daily life, can still do so.

“We have a long-standing history of basically being one community,” she said, adding that people in her town have been bringing essentials to the border for Hyder residents to pick up.

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