Canada-U.S. border towns fight for right to bubble together
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- Two picturesque towns along the Canada-U.S. border are fighting for the right to bubble together. They straddle the Alaska-B.C. border and are separated by a clear-cut line and a COVID travel ban.
But in many ways the two communities are as one, and rely heavily on each other. Briar Stewart shows how people there are working together even as they're apart.
Can american and canadian bears visit one another without a permit?
Bears can't get Covid.
@@e-curb Bears also can't own passports.
@@patrickstar9684 Paddington came to UK from Peru
@@bteamgleemllc6864 He could've disguised himself as cargo.
Unrelated fact, my 5 year old daughter doesn’t believe in bears and I can’t take
Her to the zoo to prove their existence.
She puts them in the same
League as Big Food and Nessy
I am an American and would visit Buffalo/Niagara Falls in 1997, wander to the Canadian side to get a beer and back to the US side to get a slice of pizza and no one would care back then. It’s way different now
It's so changed since 9/11 unfortunately
Also I agree it was the funniest times to hop over the northern border to see the sights then come back all with in a few hours...imagine been a fisherman and accidentally drifting into Canadian waters now....😀🚣♂️
When I was teenager I would cross border into tijuana and back no passport no one even asked to see my driver license 🤠 good ole days
was the beer stronger as they said ?
Bush Jr Ruined that for you. Paranoid Bush.
That kid was 100% correct “how can we get the covid from the bears and trees? We are the last front” kid is smart
I immediately thought she’s heard mom and dad say that. Or maybe her parents schooling her is paying off!
Almost all the covid mandates are nonsensical and anti-scientific.
@@jamusmorrison3073 100% lol. that little girl sounded like old/grown man reciting those words! she definitely heard it from someone. of course she doesn’t understand ‘the’ covid though.
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep correct!
@@Zzz2x I think the little kid in her kicked in, for example, when my beloved dog would be chilling with me and the fam, sometimes shw'll curl up in her living room bed and my 3 year old cousin would say "her taking nap" I think he meant "she's taking a nap"
This totally demonstrates how stupid our governments are
They are evil not stupid ?:/
Maybe they are evil & stupid?
Thats terrible. Especially not allowing children to go to school and not allowing the elderly to freely travel for social needs and food.
Absolutely ridiculous and wrong!!!
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Wonder what going down now a year later? Bet no one anticipated just how bad it would have gotten once Biden took over.
That's socialism for you
@@arthurroy3571 All these things were closed under Donald Trump - the true evil.
The atmosphere at the US-Canada border looks more relaxed and friendly than my home in Texas on the US-Mexico border
Love vs Hate
The word Tejas means Friend. But now the h8rs want me to give up Mi Amigos.
Nope.
Look how different it is in Canada and Mexico. They can't control the cartels enormous amount of fentinal coming in through mexico. Guns that gang members get come out of mexico. I'm not saying all are the same but a large amount are. Once the cartels leave then I'll be pro open borders with mexico. Till then build that wall. Canadians are not very violent statistically speaking.
Racism more like it. They are whotes so its okay. The southern border is meant to detach natives from their homelands
Wonder why
Perhaps race has something to do with it
Perhaps because one of them is battling illegal immigrants.
I grew up in a border town. Had friends both sides. I got close and got to know the U.S. side. Now, many years later, things will happen to remind me. I am a proud Canadian and I love U.S., our neighbour.
Well said. My best friend happens to be American, and I adore the country.
Near me there is a town on the border. There was a restaurant which was on fire. The neighboring Canadian fire department used to provide mutual aid, and the US would do likewise. US Customs had to be pricks to the Canadian firefighters. The restaurant was a loss. The Customs dopes got in no trouble. We need another leader like Coolidge where less government was better.
I absolutely love Canada. Love driving through when I'm heading down to the states from Alaska.
Honestly I don't feel sorry for these people now you. Know how it is to be a person of color Jewish person or her and dishonest person and how we're treated so I don't feel sorry for them. They're just on the other side of us that's just how it is. You? Know what a lot of my grandparents have great grandparents to say what goes around in this world will come back to you and it's sad that. It happens but I don't feel sorry for them not at all.😊
Oh my.. these children are precious. Community is very important here. It’s vital to mental health.
You can’t drive from Hyder to anywhere but BC. The main road goes into Stewart BC and then back into remote BC to some glaciers and mines. There is no US Border control point but there is Canada Customs. Historically a few people a year get stuck in Hyder after leaving Canada without the right paperwork to get back.
Point Roberts WA has a similar problem, unable to go anywhere without driving through Canada. Exceptions should be made.
The U.S has a fast track id card for Canadians who cross the boarder in the south, your pretty much giving the U.S a background check on you, i'm surprised Canada does not have something like that for the U.S especially along the Alaska boarder.
@@sophiecraig9403 they probably do but there is always dickheads that let their ego get in the way
Why dont we just...take it? wild idea, but what is canada going to do? lol.
Yeah it's great there's more restrictions on canadians but not in the south where there's serious problems
Human Rights is not a strong issue for Trudeau.
There needs to be exceptions for cases like this.
or just end the damn restrictions entirely...
@@IncredulousIndividual no
@@justinskirzenski by now if both towns/governments haven't worked it out our society is completely fucked.
@@IncredulousIndividual absolutely not
@@funny3scene 👈 🐑 🐑 🐑 🐑 Baaaaaa
"How can we get the Covid? Do we get the Covid from trees? Or bears? We're at the end of the line!" God bless you, son! This is why we Canadians love our American allies, cousins, friends, & neighbours! 🍁 👏 🇺🇸
That’s a boy
i think he said "dandelions"
u know these places are very beautiful and remote to live in....but small town and small townsfolk people always gives me the creeps.like a stephen king novel.....almost 80 percent of stephen king novels occur in small towns and weirdos. carrie......the mist......hearts in atlantis......from a buick 8........that movie about tall grass......
...........
Good lord you are cringe. You people just don't get it done you?? 😂🤣🤣
@@turtlecrawling66
Sorry! I'll make a correction. Thanks for letting me know. 🙄🙄
I personally feel for them. This is something our (also maybe theirs) America has gotten far away from with every passing decade. Neighbors hardly know one another, often if not for kids there would be zero bonding. As for this special case, it would be totally moral to bond / bubble the communities. I recently commented on a site of being too dependent on Russia, but this is much more accepting, it's just better rooted. This situation specifically, they're risk taken via COVID regardless of boundaries.
Covid protocol is designed to destroy human bonding
The girl who says, “where are we supposed to get COVID from, the trees”? gets how dumb the restriction is better than government officials. That’s sad.
Exactly, Hyder and Stewart are about 3 hours away from anything. They are so isolated that they don't have to worry much about catching covid.
At least she knows, she could easily be brainwashed
Hope for the future
@@emilybach Well for one thing the news crew could have brought it, don't be so dense....
@@MCJustJ420 🤦🏿♂️
Too bad the adults in the nation are too stupid to see that!
An absolute disgrace that politicians on both sides have allowed this to go on.
When will the sensible and right thing to do happen? I have a real soft spot for this region having been there and feel your pain and frustration. Literally one of the most beautiful and unique places I've ever been! May God bless you all, and hope this ugly chapter in U.S. and Canadian history be resolved asap!
I wonder what you call the Mexico-US border situation if according to you this is an ugly chapter. some of you idiots are just ridiculous. I don't see any babies in cages but they look so traumatized like it's the end of the world. its the end of a country's border and there are rules at borders around the world
Politicians on both sides? ... But the only law enforcement of the border in this spot is Canadian 🤔
Um both sides pretty sure it was Canada only.
Shame on the border guards, they could have quietly let life go on but no they have to be Nazis!
"ugly chapter in U.S. and Canadian history" If you think that is Ugly don't go back and read history books.
As an American, I’d like to see greater unity between the US and Canada, we have the same culture, the same language and share many friends. I hope these communities are able to mingle more in the future.
Canadians hated Americans all through the pandemic. The Prime Minister worked as hard as he could to keep the land border closed because if it opened Canadians would have run across it to get vaccinated. Yet that same Prime Minister put vaccine mandates in place that would shock Americans.
@@beetdiggingcougar maybe Canada hated America, but I highly doubt most Canadians disliked Americans.
@@faulsity There was a large portion of the country, probably a majority, who supported the border closure. Lots of anti-American rhetoric during that time that everyone is trying to forget happened.
@@faulsity then maybe you should work on them live around them look what happened over the last couple of yrs took that friendship and understand that constitution and understand the five fundmental rights I'm American and freedom is mine if you think you are safe on either boarder your sleeping got Russia on Alaska boarder Canada fear factor and 497 different accent at the southern border understand that constitution
@@fallen605 my guy I couldn’t follow a word of that, but I have Canadian friends, they are strikingly similar culturally to Americans.
What a beautiful little town. The scenery was amazing
Bless these folks for helping their neighbor.
They should grant an exception to these 63 residents from Hyder. There are several other locations along our borders (Point Roberts, WA and Angle Inlet, MN) that are cut off from the rest of the United States. Isn't this a prime example of 'Essential Travel'???
Idiot politicians power and control they don't care about the people
We need to apply the same logic in the south border
I think angle Inglet had an ice road to warroad this year
Exactly, we know people there and they are pretty much cut off from everything. Grocery stores, gas station, and hospital are all in Canada. What's worse is that any trip can be deemed none essential at the whim of the border guard. We own property about 3 hours away in Canada that we haven't been to since Covid. No one was allowed to crossed the border to winterize our trailer since they called it nonessential. EMS weren't allowed across into Hyder even after a man suffered a heart attack and died!
this is an American problem resulting from American greed. one Point Rider resident had the audacity to petition for gov of Canada to BUY the land (like our gov didn't have better things to spend its taxpayers money on). If the residents would get desperate enough they could convert it into Canadian soil for free lol. But honestly - tell me why should Canada be on the backcall solving American citizen's problem if said people are only going to be patriots to their country at the end of the day? if the situation was reversed - America never hesitates to exploit Canada or assert it's dominance. Just build a ferry/ transport routs or don't construe borders that don't make geographical and economical sense. it's that simple. travelling between the two borders, with their strict security checks and all, every single day for essentials sounds so exhausting tbh. but then what do ik, I watched a doc on Mexican kids crossing into the US to study and that border process legit took long time. kids were waking up at 4 am daily just to school.
"Do we get covid from the trees? or the Bears? because this is the end of the line."
2:00 a quote from the little girl
These kids have a better grasp on reality than the CDC.
1:53 when a kid has more common sense than the government
Yeah
Exactly.
Especially now with Joe and his squad it should have been sorted out by now.
Bro you are lost you don't get it read my whole comment if you truly want to undertand why the GOV is doing this Sir In all honesty the GOV is not doing this just to ruin people's life they are doing it for their safety since only until now like 5 percent or 6 percent of Canadians have actually been fully vaccinated against Covid 19
common sense and government is inconguruent
Government has more common sense than you.
Great questions from a young person! Never stop questioning, investigating, and being curious!
I still don’t get how these two countries don’t have something like the Schengen Agreement. They are basically one and the same
It always feels ridiculous crossing the border. If it weren't for metric signs and the occasional extra u in words I wouldn't even know I was in a different country. I'm not going to Honduras lol. It feels weird considering Canada a completely separate country in so many ways. They all live by the border, they're basically us culturally and theres no other country on this side of the globe resembling the two and they more or less have a continent to themselves
The kids they interviewed had more common sense than the politicians.
I live in Anchorage Alaska and this breaks my heart.
Give my regards to the Kilchers🙌stay safe from UK.😷
Understandable, i would be to if I had too liv there 🥶
@@ultra6737 There is like a quarter of a million people in Anchorage city limits alone and most of Alaska lives in the southern portion of the state, so we don't all know each other.
Same here. We are neighbors, might as well work together.
Fight back
I'm surprised the two governments don't work that out. Hyder is such a charming little place. Perhaps there are complicating factors, but wow that's weird.
I'm not surprised. The smartest people you meet generally are not working in government.
@@robertcoups3918
You are absolutely right.
This isn’t just another town. It’s in a separate country.
@Gold Guilder so what if they are separate countries. It doesn't mean the two countries cant create a solution for them. The Canadians get to the Canadian mine via Hyder so clearly they are capable of making exceptions.
Trump is the problem,the only time he was in Canada he made an agreement,left the meeting early and soon after the plane was in the air he cancelled the deal, insulted the Prime Minister and all the people of Canada.
WHY can’t more people take their lead from these people, I love Canadian/US “kinship” ✌🏻💚💚🇨🇦🇺🇸
The fact that one group of people can tell another group of people what to do is insane
It's so ridiculous how we separate ourselves. Our differences are small when compared to our likeness, the very things which make us human.
I was in Stewart, B.C last month. Could only go to the border but not inside Hyder. It is mind boggingly beautiful corner of B.C. And honestly it doesn't make any sense whatsoever to keep them separate. Hyder is as isolated from Alaska as it can get. I hope some common sense prevail, both in Ottawa and Washington.
Because folks like you come in from outside the community and possibly have it. That’s how it spreads.
The boarder between Brazil and Uruguay has an International Park between both countries. You can cross walk around, shop, eat even sleep at other side. The immigration docs you must show 1 mile ahead.
I got stuck there over the new years about 10 years ago. I was running out of fuel and the gas station was closed. Very pretty place glad I got to see it.
Education should be considered essential
It's amazing the difference in accents for two neighboring towns
I can't tell
The only accent i hear is the reporter
What accent?
You'd probably like what happens in the UK...
I hear there's new accents every few miles. And from hearing them speak, it definitely seems to be true !
what accent exactly?
Hyder is a Penne Exclave of Alaska which itself is an exclave of the USA along with Point Roberts much further south.
I feel this on so many levels.
That is tough, literally one depends on another and it cost more to not drive and travel within the US for this town.
This makes me smile for some reason. I can almost feel the warmth
I meant the first 5 seconds of the video..
Similar situation in Point Roberts, an enclave in WA geographically attached to BC.
Thank you to our generous Canadian friends for supplying those fire logs to keep people warm and alive. Humanity isn't over yet
Parents teach your children to be kind and supportive most acts of kindness doesn't cost a dime . Remember all of us are here because someone before us had the guts to do the sometimes impossible journey. Don't sit around the kitchen table & preach hate .
As a Canadian, we absolutely have your back.
@@thistime1483 this 🇺🇸 ❤’s Canadians. We have to love you, it’s the law.
@@Ricky19821 Thanks friend. I actually fly both of our flags at my place.
"How do we get the Covid ? Trees ? Bears ?" LoL
#FacePalm
The kid is just repeating what mommy and daddy say while they drink beers on the road.
That little girl seems smarter than the politicians there !!
@@felixfischer312 your not very bright Are you?
@@noahshields507 depends on the definition, yes in general an adult is smarter than a child, however that kid knows a ton more about the community than a politician in Washington DC.
They are kids. No point in beating them up. They have no idea what a virus is at their age, and I doubt COVID has hit that part of the world.
This is a beautiful area. Loved my trip up there.
In a world where we need more of this community bonding, we decide to restrict it. How sad.
The residents of Hyder should petition for the town and surrounding territory to be transferred from Alaska to British Columbia. I seriously doubt that the residents would object to becoming Canadian considering their reliance on Stewart, BC and close ties to their Canadian neighbours.
They do have issues. They want to be US citizens but enjoy the Canadian benefits.
There other videos of similar places.
Uh no we aren’t giving up territory. Why would you suggest such a thing?
@@denningmp37 U.S. and Canada should make an Sczhengen Zone like they did between European countries, in Sczhengen Zone theres no borders people travel between countries freely, if your from the country that arent in Sczhengen Zone then you'll be pulled over by an police officer and will be proceeded to enter the country 😉
Maybe Stewart should petition to join the US. Support for US annexation of BC was overwhelming in the years immediately before the Trans-Canadian Railroad was built. If the Prairie Provinces ever vote to join the US, BC would be completely isolated.
@@Schlabbeflicker Stewart is directly connected to the rest of the province by road, so that would make no sense. And BC could easily exist as an independent country in the unlikely scenario of the prairie provinces joining the US.
When a kid talks with more sense than adults.
COVID aside, I learned about an amazing community today. Love it.
I love the surroundings 😍
Greetings from Finland 🙋
I have always loved Canada and Canadians. I do not understand why our Governments can not come to an agreement to cooperate.
9/11 happened. Remember that. Since then = stricter.
@@korytoombs886 wtf it wasn't Canadians faults.
What are you guys talking about??? There's only Canadian border checkpoint with only Canadian border guards at this spot, in the video. There's tons of comments blaming BOTH governments. HOW DO YOU FIGURE "both" governments are responsible for this insanity, when only Canadians in Canadian uniforms are enforcing the de-facto blockade of a super small American micro-town????
@@shyryTsr2k I agree but most of the 9-11 crazies came in from Canada, in the same sentence I should state at least 24 Canadians lost their lives that day.
@@ak_downrange_threat7251 really... I never knew that, however was it not Al Quada (Bin Laden) that orchestrated that attack? They're Middle Eastern not Canadian.
Those folks have less chance of catching covid than my family in my house! WTF?!??
This is proof that common sense and government don’t go together…
It’s Heartbreaking and heartwarming @ the same time
When kids has alot of common sense than adults in the government and medical field.
The common sense of wanting to see your friends?
This is a tragedy, that the people from Hyder can`t cross freely into Canada to shop. It is as bad as the problem in Point Roberts. Where the American people are trapped in the little bubble. These two places need to be exempt from the Covid law. I loved going to Hyder as a young man. It is so beautiful up there in the north, seeing the glaziers. and the bears in the fall.
I spent a few days in Stewart over the summer. Everyone in Stewart and Hyder were so welcoming. I would love to visit them all again some day. I was told the children were allowed to cross the border to attend school.
When a kid makes more sense than the government
I’ve been separated from my boyfriend of 5 years now for a year due to all this. It is hard for all of us.
Um you can’t get a visa?
@@unknown-hb2to you dont need a visa if u a citenzent of canada. But because of covid the borders a close
@SW you dont need a visa if u a citenzent of canada. But because of covid the borders a close
at the very least you have one
As a Candian, I recognize that this authoritarianism has gotten ridiculous. When will Trudeau grow a set of balls and start making rapid exceptions for our American friends?
This started with 9/11 and the USA requiring passports to go across the border. Blame the right person.
What a stunning area though. Love from Manchester UK.
This is beautiful to me in the way that this is one of the rare instances of me witnessing the North American society and not finding anything about it concerning or plain out disturbing.
Also, what a phenomenaly beautiful landscape.
Been to Hyder.Wonderful place.This place is in the middle of absolutely no where.
God bless 🇺🇸America!!! God bless 🇨🇦Canada!!! God bless 🇷🇴Romania!!! God bless Peace!!!
No. God bless the whole world and give peace to the whole world.
When will the two Romania’s become ONE?
@@constantinmilitaru When will _Hungary_ get back #Erdély / #Ardeal, the Transylvania land?!!
It makes me want to move to Canada and have a bunch of Canadian friends.
Yo, Ricky, then move Sir, Move.... Alrighty then.
@@acebrandon3522 if I had the money I’d move
People should not be restricted from anything.
I can't believe these world leaders are still going on with this nonsense
The people are strong for standing up for their town and not moving to a less isolated part of the US.
Poor kids kept apart by covid! Stay strong all of us
So sad. So many kids are reliant on getting their meals from school too.
I was in Hyder in 1993 and it was a nice little town. Camped in Stewart drove over to Hyder to go see some glaciers. Also first time I saw marmot's in the hills above Hyder..
That's sad I hope that things have changed for the better now for those 2 towns prayers
Sounds like heaven for me.. love small towns
Those mountains are beautiful 😍
With the landscape around that town I'm surprised it hasn't been turned into a sprawling city
Was so stunned by the beautiful views it was hard to focus on the bad situation they are in.
6 yr old girl more common sense than 2 governments
Should be an exception for places like this let these people come to Canada whenever they want
Then it will create slippery slope
@@daniellai7712 Howso?
@@daniellai7712 Ice you mean?
How do we get the covid? Trees..bears??? That little kid has more sense than most adults.
1:55. Kid makes more sense than any politician.
The kid at min 2:00 is a legend at common sense
The Children, bare footed speak The Truth. Bless.
Been hearing more about these communities split by the border along the two countries 😳. This is terrible and both Canada and the States need to do something.
What such a heart felt story💔😭
What a smart little girl. She is asking questions that her mom, dad and other adults won't ask. 1:56.
In Australia, we call it "The Goldilocks Science..." Where travelling 4kms from your home is safe, 6kms will kill you but 5kms is "JUST RIGHT!". Where standing up in a bar & looking around is okay, standing up & speaking to somebody or sipping on a beer will 'kill you;' but sitting down when you sip on that beer is "JUST RIGHT!" Yep, the 'Goldilocks Science' that we know is BULLSH1T! Kids can figure it out, but adults freak-out.
I'm not surprised. Didn't know that. I remember when I was a little boy, a cop called me a little girl when I and my mom was riding in a police car driven by my dad. He was a cop who was picking up a criminal from a county jail in Fort Worth, Texas and taking him back to a county jail in Tyler, Texas. Lol. I guess I'm a woman and that kid is a boy. Lol.
That kid's parents are talking about it constantly , he didn't think it up on his own.
Canadian cop: bonfire, eh?
Murican border agent: get ur hands out of ur pockets. Got any I.D.?
I challenge anyone on the planet to prove me wrong.
😂😂😂
You can't prove a negative genius. It's like me saying "you raped someone" now prove me wrong.
We do to them
America has 10X the population that Canada has. Let's increase Canada's population to 350 million including a lot of very large cities and see how "polite" and "liberal" they remain.
You can afford to be “nice” when you don’t have a history based on chattel slavery and using nuclear weapons on civilian targets.
@@BillLaBrie Like we didn’t push the natives off their land and go through our own troubles hahaha, get off peoples backs from many many years ago.
Wow..Interesting video
Awesome 👏🏾
I think they simply need a special pass issued to them that allows them to go back and forth within a certain distance like say up to 10 miles inland into each country without a ton of restrictions
That's how they have between the Ukraine and Moldova in Europe .
You simply can't go further out then that.That's all. It should be pretty simply to resolve.
The kid talking about covid b.s is the smartest one
Indeed
Nah
Y’all delusional
We are fast approaching half a million dead from covid in the u.s. That kid is not smart.
@@diegoflores9237 Respectively speaking, covid effects rural communities differently then major cities or even small towns for that case. I used to live in rural Wisconsin before moving to Milwaukee. I always felt isolated living in the country without covid, so I can't imagine the isolation living in an already isolated Alaskan or Canadian town. Most of these places have no cell service, and the most common form of communication is face to face. When you live in some of these places, your closest neighbor can be miles down the road. I'm guessing that kid doesn't personally know any of the half a million dead let alone anyone who's actually gotten covid. These kids are already isolated, and prolly only know a handful of other kids their age. The potential psychological and emotional impact of covid isolation on these kids is incredibly sad.
Families have been going through this and worst down south
If we don’t fight together , we won’t get any thing done.
Greeting from Las Vegas.
Hello thea... greetings from sparta tennessee...I used to live in vegas...dry falls street, lol
This is a great story. Sad to hear that little voice break.
Right on!!!
I was in Stewert /Hyder in 03. Stood right next to the "entering Alaska" Hyder
The americans should give that alaska portion to canada problem solved.
That’s the stupidest thing ever you really think we would sell and extra pieces of land of ours
@@HSSANITO Sell no biff, give the reason they survive is because of the help they get from our side.
@Ocean Blue We have schools
People are going to look back on this time in our history with embarrassment
Even a few years later, this story is still relevant as its proof that no matter your country, people are people and friends have no borders. Two great communities. Peace and love from Beausejour Manitoba. Cheers.
Wow, Covid must be such a threat to a isolated community in the middle of no where with a combined population of around 500
they have to meet in the middle of the road 🙀 can't cross the yellow lines,,, ridiculous??? !
Give them there own bubble, don’t be harsh
My best friend, that's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.
What a beautiful place. I would love to visit one day.
I guess tyranny even reaches out to these places