Americans, go home: Tension at Canada-US border

Posted on AllSides August 13th, 2020
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Built directly on the border of Blaine, Washington and Surrey, British Columbia, the Peace Arch is a 67-foot high (20 metres) testament to the close ties between Canada and the US.

Inscribed on one side are the words "May these gates never be closed", a reminder of the nearly 8,891 km (5,525 miles) of un-militarised border that separates the two nations.

For almost 100 years, those words have been heeded - until the coronavirus pandemic effectively shut the border indefinitely.

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