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03.08.2020 / 17:33

U.S. border communities feel loss of Canadian tourists, shoppers and friends

COVID-19 pandemic has put cross-border shopping trips and vacations on hold since March, and many American businesses along the border say they miss both the revenue and the familiar Canadian faces.Bill Kilby, manager of Hardwick’s Country Store in Calais, Maine, has seen a dramatic 90 per cent loss in revenue and had to lay off 10 employees.Kilby says that after 37 years on the job, he knows many Canadian customers and their children and grandchildren by name.Billy Jones, member of the New York State Assembly for the area that includes Plattsburgh, N.Y., says the lack of Canadians means that some area campgrounds are at just 10 per cent capacity.He says the border closure is resulting in a new appreciation for Canadians and what they mean

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‘Our customers are 90 per cent Canadian’: U.S. border businesses struggle amid COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic has put cross-border shopping trips and vacations on hold since March, and many American businesses along the border say they miss both the revenue and the familiar Canadian faces.Bill Kilby, manager of Hardwick’s Country Store in Calais, Maine, has seen a dramatic 90 per cent loss in revenue and had to lay off 10 employees. Online shopping sales surge by 99% in Canada amid coronavirus pandemic “I would buy $1,500 wholesale of milk a week from two different dairies, and now I’m lucky to squeeze out a $100 order every two weeks,” Kilby said in a recent interview.Kilby operates the store, an attached duty-free shop and two gas stations.

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St. Stephen, N.B. prepares for change on eve of coronavirus border restrictions

As the country adapts to new ways of doing things amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick is preparing for restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border to come into effect.

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Community of St. Stephen, N.B. reacts to closure of Canada-U.S. border

Situated right on the Canada-U.S. border, residents of St. Stephen, New Brunswick need only cross the St. Croix River to be in Calais, Maine.

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