Sunday, November 13, 2022

Cross border shopping

It is a long weekend and lineups at Peace Arch Border crossing were over 3 hours on Friday morning.  Now we know where they were all going:

Conversation

FROM TWITTER:

Richard Zussman
@richardzussman
Trader Joe’s in Bellingham broke their store sales record on Friday. Canadian cross border shopping is not just to pre pandemic levels, but breaking records. #bcpoli

FROM MY BORDER PRICE CONVERTER APP:



Gas prices are from Gas Buddy
Canadian: Chevron 152 Street & Hwy 10
US: Costco Bellingham





















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