border – Brockville Newswatch

BNW Newsbrief – May 18, 2023

May 18, 2023 Bill Kingston

Here are your latest Brockville and area headlines: A man was in “stable” condition at hospital after a stabbing in Brockville Sunday night. City police […]

Pre-arrival testing at border to end April 1

March 17, 2022 Bill Kingston

OTTAWA – Crossing the Canada-U.S. border won’t require a COVID-19 test upon your return starting next month. Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos made the announcement […]

Alexandria Bay border agents seize half-million in lottery tickets

July 2, 2021 Bill Kingston

ALEXANDRIA BAY, N.Y. – Border agents on the south side of the Thousand Islands Bridge have seized a large shipment of pull-tab lottery tickets trying […]

Too many exploiting border loophole: premier

April 30, 2021 Bill Kingston

ETOBICOKE – Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will do everything in his power to try and secure the province’s “porous” borders and stop those […]

Man sentenced for forging entry papers at Lansdowne border

January 5, 2021 Bill Kingston

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 7:05 p.m. to show Buttermore is a United States resident. LANSDOWNE – A man who attempted to cross […]

Opening deferred for Blockhouse Island border checkpoint

July 3, 2020 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – The seasonal opening of the Canadian port of entry at Blockhouse Island in Brockville has been deferred indefinitely. It’s part of a country-wide […]

Clark has ‘very big concerns’ about opening Canada-U.S. border

May 4, 2020 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – With an agreement between Canada and the United States to keep the border closed set to expire in a little over two weeks, […]

U.S. traveller at heart of Lansdowne border bomb discovery sentenced

September 10, 2019 Bill Kingston

BROCKVILLE – An American who touched off delays at the Lansdowne port of entry on a holiday weekend earlier this summer after a firearm and […]

Bomb found on U.S. traveller at Lansdowne border crossing

July 3, 2019 Bill Kingston

LANSDOWNE – An American is facing charges in Canada after border agents at the Lansdowne port of entry found a bomb and a gun on […]

New CEO of Federal Bridge Corporation

March 5, 2019 Bill Kingston

OTTAWA – The federal government has announced a new chief executive officer for the Federal Bridge Corporation. Natalie Kinloch, a certified accountant who worked in […]