The Hyundai sedan struck a Delta Scientific TT218EC manual beam vehicle access barrier on the American side of the border, and the driver was instantly killed.
Canada’s border agency ended its reality TV program Border Security: Canada’s Front Line after Daniel Therrien, the federal privacy commissioner, found that the agency violated rights of a construction worker filmed during a raid in Vancouver in 2013 by not gaining “valid consent” to film the incident around his arrest.
Now that officers have the ability to screen travellers against Canadian police records, the new screening measures have resulted in more people being detained and/or arrested at Canadian border crossings.