How Manitoba is dealing with illegal border crossers

Refugees from the U-S seeking asylum in Manitoba are getting more help from that provincial government.

It is setting up more emergency shelters, more funding for paralegal services and more paramedics for the border community of Emerson-Franklin south of Winnipeg. The numbers of people illegally fleeing the Trump administration is expected to grow.

Premier Brian Pallister has again asked Ottawa to help deal with the influx of regugees.

Trump and Trudeau talk

Prime Minister Trudeau and President Donald Trump talked by phone yesterday about continued cross-border co-operation, softwood lumber and their women’s business group initiative.

Trudeau’s office issued a statement saying the P-M thanked Trump for a positive and constructive day of talks when they met at the White House last week.