Archive for 'Border News'
Assemblyman Billy Jones: Tariffs on Canadian Goods Could Cause Trade War
3/3/25 – Assemblyman Billy Jones News Release “I am disheartened by the federal administration’s decision to enact tariffs on Canadian goods starting at midnight. This will negatively impact our local transportation manufacturing sector, as well as both residents and local businesses because of our reliance on Canadian goods for our construction, agricultural and energy […]
Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Border News, Business News, National News, Political News, State Legislator News.
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Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico to go ahead
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Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Border News, Business News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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Major upgrades begin at Lacolle border crossing
Reconfigured booths and enhanced bus processing included Click here to view the Sun Community News story
Posted: March 3rd, 2025 under Border News, Business News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Upstate New York.
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North Country Chamber welcomes tariffs postponement
Canadian tariff paused again, but North Country impacts continue Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 26th, 2025 under Border News, Business News, National News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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ICE detained 9 employees at a Tupper Lake lumber mill this week, parent company says
Employer claims that, to their knowledge, all the employees were authorized to work in the U.S. Click to view the NCPR story
Posted: February 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Border News, Business News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News.
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Rouses Point library fundraising for expansion
Updates at Dodge Memorial Library will provide space for public events and more Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Border News, Education News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Regional History: Lake Champlain bridge — Debate over where to build
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Posted: February 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Border News, General News, Lake Champlain News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Police arrest Michelle Zajko, wanted in connection to Vermont border agent killing
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Posted: February 18th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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Weeks after shooting of border patrol agent, FBI searched connected residences in North Carolina
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Posted: February 14th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Chazy man indicted for smuggling undocumented immigrants
Bailey Burger allegedly smuggled four Indian nationals across the U.S. border Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 11th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News.
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Before the shooting of border patrol officer, visitors took interest in a remote Northeast Kingdom property
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Posted: February 7th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Trump tariffs would hit New Yorkers’ energy costs first, Canadian diplomat warns
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Posted: February 4th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National History, Northern NY News, Political News.
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Trump agrees to pause tariffs on Mexico, Canada after they pledge to boost border enforcement
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Posted: February 4th, 2025 under Border News, Business News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Political News.
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Assemblyman Billy Jones, Chair of the Task Force on United States-Canada Relations: Statement on the Imposition of U.S. Tariffs on Canada
“I am hearing from several North Country businesses, local officials, and consumers who are extremely nervous about the impending tariffs on Canada. The decision to move forward with the broad 25% tariff on Canadian goods will be highly detrimental to consumers and manufacturers in the North Country. Our area transportation equipment companies will be […]
Posted: February 4th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Border News, Business News, General News, National News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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North Country Chamber: U.S. tariffs on Canada are binationally harmful
See the list of local industries that will be adversely affected Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 1st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Border News, Business News, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., General News, National History, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Judge orders woman facing charges related to fatal border patrol shooting held in custody as investigation sprawls
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Posted: January 31st, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem makes surprise visit to Vermont following shooting of border patrol agent
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Posted: January 30th, 2025 under Border News, National News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Man tied to suspect in Vermont border patrol killing could face death penalty in California, prosecutor says
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Posted: January 30th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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What a 25% tariff on Canadian goods would mean in the North Country
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Posted: January 29th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Border News, Business News, General News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History.
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Border agent shooting suspect makes initial appearance in front of Burlington judge
“The guns recovered from the scene of the shooting were purchased from an individual who is allegedly a resident of Orleans, Vermont.” Click here for the MYNBC5 story
Posted: January 28th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Suspension of federal funding hits Vermont refugee resettlement agencies and dozens of new arrivals
“Our 40-year history has shown the remarkable compassion of Americans towards those who stood alongside US troops, escaped violent conflicts, and those seeking hope and freedom,” Joe Wiah, executive director of the council Click here for the VTDigger story
Posted: January 28th, 2025 under Border News, National News, Political News, Regional NY-VT News, Social Issues.
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Suspects in killings of Vermont border patrol agent and California man connected by marriage license, extreme ideology
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Posted: January 28th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Regional NY-VT News.
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Prosecutor says woman charged in fatal border agent shooting had ties to people of interest in other homicides
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Posted: January 27th, 2025 under Border News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Regional NY-VT News.
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Special Weather Statement for Northern St. Lwrence and Franklin Counties
Sunday, January 26, 11:30 a.m. – NWS Burlington Heads up! If you’re traveling along NY-37 or US-11 in New York. A special weather statement has been issued for a line of heavy snow showers moving out of Canada into northern St. Lawrence and Franklin counties. Quick reductions in visibility and gusty winds are likely. #nywx
Posted: January 26th, 2025 under Border News, Northern NY News, Weather News/History.
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Are we Ten Days from a Trade War?
Statement from Chamber of Commerce President Garry Douglas: Given that the U.S.-Canadian dynamic in all of its many forms is arguably the single biggest driving force in the North Country economy, we were right to feel relief when the President’s executive orders called for a substantive review of trade relationships versus immediate tariffs. A review […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Arts and Entertainment, Border News, Business News, City News, Community Events, Congressional News, Corruption in Gov't., County Government News, Education News, Environmental News, General News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News.
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