Mayoral hopeful would back Detroit-Windsor Jobs Tunnel plan

DETROIT -- The man hoping to succeed current Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pledges he would support the Jobs Tunnel project as the solution to Detroit-Windsor's border woes.

Detroit Mayor backs off deal to hand over tunnel — for now

DETROIT - After entertaining the idea of handing over control of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel to Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has temporarily taken the proposal off the table, reports the Detroit Free Press.

NB Premier hopeful promises to finish Hwy. 1 twinning

SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- The leader of New Brunswick's Liberal opposition says if elected, he'll complete the twinning of Hwy. 1 between Saint John and the St. Stephen border crossing.

U.S., Mexico to open new multimodal trade gateway

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -- U.S. and Mexican officials have inked a new pact that will create a new border crossing and trade gateway between the two NAFTA nations.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: DRTP Blasts Border Selection Committee

DETROIT -- The Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) process for selecting a new border span linking Detroit and Windsor, Ont. has become "unhinged," according to executives of the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership.

Border guards back at work after one-day strike

WINDSOR -- The Ambassador Bridge in Windsor and Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia are not reporting any delays as front-line customs officers went back to their posts this morning.

Pssst… Wanna buy a bridge?

FORT FRANCES, Ont. -- The owners of Ontario's second private bridge are reportedly shopping around the international crossing.

In With the Old: Cattle over 30 months to be allowed back into the US

WASHINGTON -- By midpoint next year, Canadian cattle haulers will be allowed to once again transport all types of cows across the border.

US blinks in softwood standoff

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Commerce Department announced it would comply with a NAFTA panel's order to cut a 16 percent duty on Canadian softwood lumber imports -- for now.

Ottawa to get involved if US passes bill restricting Canada waste transport

TORONTO -- Canada's International Trade says he's prepared to step in if U.S. legislation allowing Michigan and other states to regulate imports of municipal solid waste from Canada is passed.

DRTP presses on in wake of border decision

WINDSOR, Ont. -- The government affairs director for the Detroit River Tunnel Partnership is reassuring supporters that the group has not given up on its plan to convert an existing rail tunnel across the Detroit River into a truck corridor.

Canada would fight Ambassador bid on Detroit-Windsor Tunnel

DETROIT -- Ottawa has sent a strong message to the mayor of the largest US-Canada border town not to proceed with a plan to connect the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel with the Ambassador Bridge.

Ambassador owner loses bid for public tunnel: Windsor paper

DETROIT -- Detroit billionaire Manuel Moroun's controversial plan to takeover the Windsor-Detroit tunnel and nearby land has been rebuffed by the Mayor of Detroit, the Windsor Star is reporting.

PAPS barcode misuse causing delays: Livingston

WASHINGTON --- Along with a sharp increase in Pre-arrival Processing System (PAPS) usage resulting from U.S. Customs' Advance Electronic Cargo Information program, there's also been a rise in misuse of PAPA barcodes, reports customs brokerage firm Livingston International.

Officials settle on new Fort Erie bridge design

FORT ERIE, Ont. -- While headlines about a new bridge in Windsor-Detroit were splashed across newspapers last month, officials responsible for choosing a new crossing at another vital border point in southern Ontario were quietly inching closer to a decision too.