Many are facing the unique challenges for residents in Canadian and U.S. border cities and towns amid a ban on non-essential travel between the two countries during the pandemic.
When the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown began, Ellie Safari of Windsor, Ont., and her American boyfriend, James Darden, faced a heartbreaking decision.
Safari's situation highlights some of the unique challenges for residents in Canadian and U.S. border cities and towns amid a ban on non-essential travel between the two countries during the pandemic. Safari and Darden have never been married and therefore he hasn't been able to live permanently in Canada. But they were content with him spending four days a week in Windsor, and three days in Detroit.
The financial impact from the lack of cross-border tourism and traffic is "quite significant," Dilkens says. They're deemed an essential service and still able to cross, but they face stigma from the false notion that "they were a vector for transmission in our community," Dilkens says.
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