"In response to President Donald Trump's tariff threats and talk of annexing Canada, provincial liquor authorities stripped American booze from store shelves. Canadian tourism to the United States plummeted. And British Columbia's premier, David Eby, threatened to place tolls on commercial trucks traveling from the U.S. through B.C. to Alaska along the Alaska Highway. Doing so would further increase the state's already high cost of living and possibly disrupt its food supply chain."
"Mile Zero is located in the very small city of Dawson Creek on the eastern edge of British Columbia, near the Alberta border. To reach it, Alaska-bound trucks can enter Canada at any of several border crossings in northern Washington, Idaho and Montana; I-5 hits the border at Blaine, Washington, while I-15 arrives at Sweetgrass, Montana. Various highways funnel traffic toward Dawson Creek, the options thinning as drivers head north, until there's just the one road and the AlCan begins."
Political tensions earlier in the year prompted reciprocal measures along the Canada–U.S. border, including removal of American liquor from provincial shelves and a sharp decline in Canadian tourism to the United States. British Columbia's premier threatened tolls on commercial trucks using the Alaska Highway, a move that could raise living costs and jeopardize food supply chains. The Alaska Highway was built in 1942 to supply and defend Alaska. Mile Zero sits at Dawson Creek, B.C.; the route funnels traffic from northern U.S. border crossings through British Columbia and Yukon before terminating at Delta Junction, Alaska. Tolls remain unimplemented though legislative authority exists.
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