Canada extends non-essential US border restrictions thru June 21

In this photo taken Sunday, May 17, 2020, a truck from Canada heads to the single open lane...
In this photo taken Sunday, May 17, 2020, a truck from Canada heads to the single open lane heading into the U.S. at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash. Canada and the U.S. have agreed to extend their agreement to keep the border closed to non-essential travel thru June 21, 2021 (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)(Elaine Thompson | AP)
Updated: May. 20, 2021 at 3:28 PM AKDT
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - According to an article released by CTV News in Canada, the restrictions placed on non-essential travel through the US/Canadian border will stay in place through June 21, 2021. This comes just days before the current restrictions were set to expire.

The travel restrictions for non-essential travel through the border have been in place since March of 2020.

In the article, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is quoted as saying that, lifting social restrictions more generally will be dependent on vaccination rates and consistently low community transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

To learn more about the land border restrictions, visit:

https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid

http://dot.alaska.gov/covid19info/canadian-border.shtml

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