Canada Loosens Border Controls So That Family Can Reunite

Canadian and American flags fly near the Ambassador Bridge at the Canada-USA border crossing in Windsor, Ont. on March 21, 2020. Canada and the U.S. have mutually agreed on March 18, 2020 to temporarily restrict " non essential traffic" accross Canada-U.S. border due to the pandemic. Rob Gurdebeke/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border were loosened as of June 8 to allow direct family members to be reunited, the federal government has announced.

“Foreign nationals who are immediate family members of Canadian citizens and permanent residents would be exempt from the prohibition on entry to Canada if entering to be with an immediate family member for a period of at least 15 days,” says a press release on the Canada Border Services Agency’s website.