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Today’s must-read
Tourism leaders in North Dakota have a close eye on the Canada-U.S. border, as they brace for the likelihood of fewer Manitoba visitors this year.
Data collected by U.S. border officials suggests the number of people using the Pembina-Emerson land crossing was down 17 per cent during the first two months of 2025, compared to the same period last year.
Data for March is not yet available, but the early slump has placed Charley Johnson, president and CEO of Visit Fargo-Moorhead, on alert as he and others lobby Congress for support.
“We think it’s going to be an issue, and I don’t know that there is anything we can do about it, except tell people that we still welcome Canadians here in North Dakota and Minnesota and we hope that they can find their way here sometime again soon,” Johnson told the Free Press. Tyler Searle has the story.
The Canada-U.S. border entry at at Emerson (Mikaela MacKenzie / Free Press files)
On the bright side
“Elbows Up,” “Canada is Already Great” and “Made in Canada” shirts line the front of the store on Taylor Avenue.
T-Shirt Connection’s patriotic items, including “Canada is Not for Sale” caps, are still the most popular items for sale.
Customer demand for Canadian-made and Canadian-themed products remains strong after U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to make Canada the 51st state and his administration’s imposition of tariffs on a range of products produced north of the border. Alex Lambert has more here.
Samantha Hobson‘s husband, Mathew, recently designed the Elbows Up flag that they have displayed in the window of their business, The Flag Shop, located on Osborne Street. (Ruth Bonneville / Free Press)
On this date
On April 8, 1938: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that charges made by school board representative Adam Beck that some Winnipeg schools were fire traps and posed a serious risk to children would be investigated by a committee of six trustees. In Catalonia, the capture ot Trempe, a major power generating centre, by insurgents was called a heavy blow to the Spanish government. A front-page op-ed declared the arms race in Europe was essentially one between democracy and dictatorship, and that if Britain were to fail in its rearmament, democracy itself would die. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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