The federal government says the Nexus trusted–traveller program will fully ramp back up within five weeks, allowing frequent border crossers to complete their applications and speed up their trips. Registering for the program has been halted in Canada for nearly a year after Nexus enrolment centres unlocked their doors in the United States, due in…

Canada and the United States will be offering more Nexus interview options to help clear a large backlog of applications, says the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). “In order to address the significant backlog in NEXUS applications, CBP [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] and CBSA have increased the number of interview appointments available to applicants…

An experimental bid to rescue the troubled Nexus trusted-traveller program between Canada and the United States has expanded to the Peace Bridge. New York congressman Rep. Brian Higgins says Nexus applicants in Canada can now sit down with border agents on opposite sides of the link between Fort Erie, Ont., and Buffalo, N.Y. It’s an…

The Business Council of Canada says it is concerned over the continued closure of the Nexus trusted-traveller program, which allows pre-screened travellers expedited processing when entering the United States and Canada. CEO Goldy Hyder says it is “deeply troubling” that the U.S. government has not reopened 13 Nexus enrolment centres, in a letter to David…

Canada’s envoy to the United States says the cross-border Nexus trusted-traveller program is being “held hostage” by a U.S. effort to renegotiate the 20-year-old agreement. Kirsten Hillman made the comments at a daylong summit on Canada-U.S. border issues taking place at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. The 13 enrolment centres in Canada, jointly staffed…

Lawmakers and advocates in the United States are ramping up the pressure on the federal government to ease travel delays between the U.S. and Canada. The Canadian American Business Council’s new campaign, “Travel Like it’s 2019,” aims to flood federal MPs with public demands for action. It calls on Ottawa to scrap the troublesome ArriveCan…

A dispute over legal protections for American customs officers has kept Nexus enrolment centres closed in Canada more than three months after they reopened south of the border—due in part to a clash over U.S. agents’ right to carry guns on Canadian soil. The standoff has led to a massive backlog in applications for the…