VANCOUVER -- The federal government has made some changes to the closure of Canada's border with the United States that will have a big effect on some remote communities, including a town near B.C.'s border with Alaska.
Beginning Saturday, residents of Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, Alaska are now exempt from the mandatory 14-day quarantine that all international travellers must observe upon arriving in Canada, but only for the purposes of accessing "the necessities of life," such as food or medical services.
