Premiers, State Leaders Call for Open U.S.-Canada Border

Canadian and American flags are seen at the U.S.–Canada border in Pittsburg, N.H., on March 1, 2017. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

REGINA—Two Canadian provincial premiers and the leaders of three U.S. states have called for the re-opening of the border between the two countries.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, his Alberta counterpart Jason Kenney, and the governors of North Dakota, Montana and Idaho have written the heads of their two countries to ask for the move.