Canada has extended its ban on non-essential international entries until the end of November as Coronavirus cases continue to rise.
The travel ban was put in place since mid-March. However, travellers allowed into Canada despite the ban must still quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
Meanwhile, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair on Friday said, “some practical adjustments” to the rule would be made to allow residents of a few outlier communities, to cross the border to access necessities such as food and medical care without having to self-isolate after each trip.
He listed Campobello Island in New Brunswick; Stewart, British Columbia; Northwest Angle, Minnesota; and Hyder, Alaska – all cut off from their respective countries due to border irregularities, such as panhandles.
The government will also allow exemptions for a pilot project with the province of Alberta on alternatives to quarantines.
