Border control officers are being encouraged to conduct more thorough vetting, leading to increased questioning and searches of travelers' devices. High-profile cases of detentions and ...

has relied on cross-border shoppers since the 1980s, when his parents first obtained a permit to open duty-free shops in B.C., one in Osoyoos and another in the East Kootenays. For years ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

U.S. Homeland Security officials are closing off Canadian access to an unusual library in northern Vermont that straddles the international border. The Haskell Free Library & Opera House's main ...

The government has long claimed that Fourth Amendment protections prohibiting warrantless searches don’t apply at the border. The American Civil Liberties Union takes issue with this position ...

North Korea has stopped tourists visiting weeks after reopening its borders to westerners for the first time in five years. Travellers from the West were allowed into the country in February after ...

A free trade agreement is a pact between two or more nations to reduce barriers to imports and exports among them. Goods and services can be bought and sold across international borders with ...