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Workers at Canada’s borders won’t go on strike this week, after their union reached a tentative agreement with the federal government. A Canada Border Services Agency officer speaks with travellers crossing at the Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario Friday, June 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Lynett

Border strike averted, union announces tentative agreement

Public Service Alliance of Canada says details coming after they are shared with members on Thursday

 

The union representing more than 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency employees says workers are set to strike on Friday if a deal is not reached with the federal government by then. CBSA officers investigate a vehicle crossing at the Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario Friday, June 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Lynett

Canadian border strike deadline pushed back as talks continue

Public Service Alliance of Canada says it has moved its strike deadline to Friday at 12:01 a.m.

 

The Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing is seen in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, March 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canadian border strike pushed back at least until June 12: union

Mediation continues between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and federal government

 

A Canada Border Services Agency officer speaks to a motorist entering Canada at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, August 9, 2021. The union representing thousands of Canadian border workers says they will begin job action Friday afternoon if no deal is reached by then. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

More than 9,000 border workers set to walk out this afternoon

Mediation with Public Service Alliance of Canada ongoing since Monday

A Canada Border Services Agency officer speaks to a motorist entering Canada at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, August 9, 2021. The union representing thousands of Canadian border workers says they will begin job action Friday afternoon if no deal is reached by then. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Canada Border Services Agency officer speaks to a motorist entering Canada at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, August 9, 2021. The union representing thousands of Canadian border workers says they will begin job action Friday afternoon if no deal is reached by then. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Border strike could begin as early as 1 p.m. Friday in B.C.

Union says job action will start Friday afternoon if mediation fails

A Canada Border Services Agency officer speaks to a motorist entering Canada at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, August 9, 2021. The union representing thousands of Canadian border workers says they will begin job action Friday afternoon if no deal is reached by then. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Canada Border Services Agency officer is silhouetted as motorists enter Canada at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, August 9, 2021. Just as the summer travel season gets into gear, Canadians and visitors could find themselves waiting in long lines at the border, delays that could also deal a blow to the economy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A CBSA strike could soon snarl border traffic. Here’s what you need to know

Crossings could take far longer, interupting not just tourist trips but the shipment of goods too

A Canada Border Services Agency officer is silhouetted as motorists enter Canada at the Douglas-Peace Arch border crossing, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, August 9, 2021. Just as the summer travel season gets into gear, Canadians and visitors could find themselves waiting in long lines at the border, delays that could also deal a blow to the economy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Motorists wait at U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection booths at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash., across the Canada-U.S. border from Surrey, B.C., on Monday, November 8, 2021. A U.S. crackdown on foot crossings is taking place at Peace Arch Park, the unfenced park that straddles the border, in response to the increased operations of what U.S. Customs and Border Protection called “transnational criminal organizations.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

U.S. reports major spike in human smuggling through B.C. border

Organized crime using train, Uber and foot at ‘unprecedented’ levels

Motorists wait at U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection booths at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash., across the Canada-U.S. border from Surrey, B.C., on Monday, November 8, 2021. A U.S. crackdown on foot crossings is taking place at Peace Arch Park, the unfenced park that straddles the border, in response to the increased operations of what U.S. Customs and Border Protection called “transnational criminal organizations.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A visitor wearing a face mask walks past a billboard from a firm advertising its AI facial recognition technology at the PT Expo in Beijing, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Travellers in Canada would be able to use facial recognition technology to identify themselves through their smartphones when crossing the border under a planned federal project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Schiefelbein

Smartphone recognition tech coming to the border as Canada experiments

Canada Border Services Agency seeks efficiency, critics worry about privacy

A visitor wearing a face mask walks past a billboard from a firm advertising its AI facial recognition technology at the PT Expo in Beijing, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Travellers in Canada would be able to use facial recognition technology to identify themselves through their smartphones when crossing the border under a planned federal project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mark Schiefelbein
Methamphetamine and cocaine were found hidden in a suitcase at Abbotsford International Airport in March 2023. Martha Alvarado Lopez of Mexico has now been sentenced for drug smuggling. (CBSA photo)

Mexican traveller gets 6 years for smuggling drugs at Abbotsford airport

Martha Alvarado Lopez had meth and cocaine hidden in suitcase

Methamphetamine and cocaine were found hidden in a suitcase at Abbotsford International Airport in March 2023. Martha Alvarado Lopez of Mexico has now been sentenced for drug smuggling. (CBSA photo)
Detector dogs who work at Canada’s border agency could play a bigger role in sniffing out deadly fentanyl and illicit firearms, suggests an internal evaluation that found room to boost enforcement measures. A border services officer watches his dog sniff through shipping boxes at a Canada Border Services Agency warehouse, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Sniff of detector dog success has tails wagging at Canada’s border agency

Evaluation finds detector dog service offers ‘efficient and non-intrusive examinations that save time’

Detector dogs who work at Canada’s border agency could play a bigger role in sniffing out deadly fentanyl and illicit firearms, suggests an internal evaluation that found room to boost enforcement measures. A border services officer watches his dog sniff through shipping boxes at a Canada Border Services Agency warehouse, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
Debris is scattered about inside the customs plaza at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada was closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI’s field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP

Officials dismiss terrorism links in fatal Niagara border car explosion

‘No known terrorist connection’: New York governor Kathy Hochul

Debris is scattered about inside the customs plaza at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada was closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI’s field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP
Canadian Border Services Agency’s Osoyoos port of entry. (Western News file photo)

Alberta man fined $7,500 for smuggling illegal gun magazines in Osoyoos

The gun magazines were over-capacity and bannned

Canadian Border Services Agency’s Osoyoos port of entry. (Western News file photo)
Border services officers discovered nearly 200kg of opium inside two shipping containers entering B.C. in August. (Photo courtesy of Canada Border Services Agency)

Opium found stuffed in furniture, machinery entering B.C.

CBSA discovered nearly 200 kg of the drug inside shipping containers in August

Border services officers discovered nearly 200kg of opium inside two shipping containers entering B.C. in August. (Photo courtesy of Canada Border Services Agency)
A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators continue to block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

New fences, gate controls among Canada-U.S. border upgrades since ‘Freedom Convoy’

Canadian Border Services Agency is improving infrastructure at 11 international border crossings

A truck convoy of anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrators continue to block the highway at the busy U.S. border crossing in Coutts, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers search vehicles with the help of a canine at the Peace Bridge Port of Entry in Buffalo, N.Y. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Earlier this year, U.S. border agents used helicopters and a fixed-wing airplane to round up 124 people along the Canada-U.S. border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

U.S. agency’s airborne migration sweep at Canadian border nets 124

‘Operation Jagdakommando’ ran to address ‘unprecedented illicit cross-border activity’

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers search vehicles with the help of a canine at the Peace Bridge Port of Entry in Buffalo, N.Y. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Earlier this year, U.S. border agents used helicopters and a fixed-wing airplane to round up 124 people along the Canada-U.S. border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
A tarantula is shown in a Canada Border Services Agency handout photo. The agency says officers discovered two live tarantulas hidden inside plastic containers at the Edmonton International Airport earlier this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Border Services Agency

Border officers at Edmonton airport seize hidden tarantulas

Border agency says animals were legal to import, but were not being transported humanely

A tarantula is shown in a Canada Border Services Agency handout photo. The agency says officers discovered two live tarantulas hidden inside plastic containers at the Edmonton International Airport earlier this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Canada Border Services Agency
Aldergrove border crossing. (Langley Advance Times file)

Claim that $10K boat was a gift runs aground in Aldergrove customs case

Man’s attempt to recover $5,700 fine fails, also must pay court costs

Aldergrove border crossing. (Langley Advance Times file)
B.C.’s Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth has approved a one-time, three-month extension to continue holding immigration detainees in B.C. provincial custody. (Black Press Media File)

B.C. to continue holding immigration detainees with 3-month extension

Detainees will be transferred to CBSA custody starting Nov. 1, 2023

B.C.’s Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth has approved a one-time, three-month extension to continue holding immigration detainees in B.C. provincial custody. (Black Press Media File)
A man was safely intercepted by Canadian Border Service Agency officers Sunday night, after he apparently tried to drive, then run across the Peace Arch Border crossing from the U.S. into Canada. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man intercepted after dash attempt at B.C. border goes viral on TikTok

CBSA officers intercept individual Sunday night at Douglas border crossing

A man was safely intercepted by Canadian Border Service Agency officers Sunday night, after he apparently tried to drive, then run across the Peace Arch Border crossing from the U.S. into Canada. (Black Press Media file photo)
A patch is seen on the shoulder of a Canada Border Services Agency officer’s uniform in Tsawwassen, B.C., Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. border agents find 6,300 kg of meth, including largest single seizure to date

5 Australian citizens and 1 American were arrested in Australia after 4 Metro Vancouver seizures

A patch is seen on the shoulder of a Canada Border Services Agency officer’s uniform in Tsawwassen, B.C., Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck