Alaska State Representative Dan Ortiz is calling on Canada to be a good northern neighbour, for the sake of the residents of an isolated American border town. In an official letter to Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Ortiz "respectfully requests the ability for Hyder, Alaska, residents to cross the U.S.-Canada border at Stewart B.C." Ortiz represents Alaska's southeast District 36 in the state legislature, including the isolated border town of Hyder. A spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Bill Blair acknowledged receipt of the American letters. Dan Ortiz's letter to Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair

Source: CBC News August 27, 2020 20:48 UTC