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PR Amateur Radio Club: Monday, September 7 at 7 p.m., via Zoom. Email Michele Wallis at wb6f@pointroberts.net.
Friends of the Point Roberts Library meeting: Tuesday, September 8 at 12 p.m., via …
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8/28/20 02:45 PM
August 24, 11:25 a.m.: Suspicious circumstances cold call on Limerick Avenue.
August 24, 10:28 a.m.: Security cold call on Washington Drive.
August 23, 1:35 p.m.: Hot rod on Boundary Bay …
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8/28/20 02:43 PM
Bestsellers:
The Sentinel......................................Lee Child
Troubles in Paradise......................................Elin Hilderbrand
Attack …
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By Kris Lomedico |
8/28/20 02:43 PM
Lawnie Marie Collard
December 11, 1956–August 8, 2020
Lawnie Marie Collard was born in New Westminster, BC on December 11, 1956 to Garry and Lillian Bueckert. She became enchanted with …
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8/28/20 02:42 PM
Two new housing assistance programs funded by the CARESAct will help eligible households struggling with lost income due to Covid-19 make rent or mortgage payments. The programs, CARES Housing …
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By Kyra Planetz |
8/26/20 07:36 PM
The Blaine school board voted unanimously to approve a letter of agreement between the district and a union representing school service employees that will furlough employees until October 31. Under …
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By Grace McCarthy |
8/26/20 05:49 PM
According to the Whatcom County Health Department, Point Roberts is still considered to be free of Covid-19. During a media briefing on August 18, Whatcom County health department director Erika …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/20/20 06:15 PM
A temporary ferry service operating between Point Roberts and Blaine will begin Tuesday, August 25, according to Port of Bellingham executive director Rob Fix. Transportation to and from Bellingham …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/20/20 05:59 PM
A union representing Blaine school district service employees announced to its members in an August 18 letter that the district plans major layoffs that could affect dozens of employees, including …
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By Grace McCarthy |
8/19/20 08:19 PM
Non-essential land travel between the U.S./Canada border will remain closed until at least September 21, acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf announced in an August 14 tweet.
This is …
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8/17/20 03:33 PM
For the last week or so, parents of students who attend school or university in B.C. have been given the heads’ up by Canadian border officers that a new policy was coming down that would …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/13/20 09:31 PM
The question of who would become the next service provider for the Point Roberts Clinic came and went with no decision after district superintendent Barbara Wayland, commissioner Kandace Harper and …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/13/20 08:38 PM
Thanks to an email sent by local resident and president of the Point Roberts Taxpayers Association Mark Robbins, Port of Bellingham commissioners voted unanimously August 11 to investigate starting a …
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By Pat Grubb and Grace McCarthy |
8/13/20 08:36 PM
The Blaine school district will hold a special meeting on Saturday, August 8 to decide if it will revise its hybrid plan for the school year. This follows an August 4 recommendation from the Whatcom …
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By Grace McCarthy |
8/6/20 08:03 PM
State senator Doug Ericksen and representatives Luanne Van Werven and Sharon Shewmake have called upon federal elected politicians to intercede with border authorities to relax restrictions on travel …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/6/20 07:22 PM
An estimated 47.5 percent of eligible Whatcom County voters submitted ballots in the August 4 primary election. As of 5 p.m. on August 5, a total of 71,462 votes were counted by election eve with …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/6/20 06:10 PM
A quick response from the local fire department to a reported house fire prevented a total loss of the residence and belongings. The house, located on the marina side of Harbor Seal Drive, was …
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By Pat Grubb |
8/6/20 06:04 PM
Americans traveling to Alaska through Canada for work or to return home will now face firmer rules to prevent what is being coined the ‘Alaska loophole,’ where Americans claim to be …
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By Ian Haupt |
8/5/20 07:40 PM
The PDF version of the letter can be downloaded by clicking here.
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By Pat Grubb |
7/31/20 06:03 PM
On August 23, 1950, long-time Point Roberts residents Ernie and Lola Loreen began their life together. Seventy years of marriage is a remarkable milestone, but remarkable is nothing new for this …
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By Margot Griffiths |
7/31/20 05:45 PM