Parts of Labrador-Quebec border open for interprovincial travel

People are getting the green light to travel across parts of the Labrador-Quebec border,without the need toself-isolate.

Specifically, the southern Labrador-Quebec border and thetheborderat Labrador West-Quebec are now open to interprovincial travel.

Residents of Labrador City and Wabush, as well as the residents of Fermont,Que., will be permitted to travel among these three communities, if they areasymptomatic,according to a media release by the provincial government.

"Thebordercheckpoint will remain in place to monitor movement and allow access for residents from these communities only," reads the statement.

The Lower North Shore is also open to interprovincial travel.

The easing of restrictions comes after meetings betweenPremier Dwight Ball and other MHAswith mayors of the Labrador communities.

The move also comes shortly after Ball announced Newfoundland and Labrador will be part of an Atlantic bubblean agreement between all four Atlantic provinces to have free movement among them starting July 3, with no requirement for self-isolation.

It was late April when new border patrols halted non-essential travel between Quebec and Labrador, as the region's leaderstriedto protect residents from the spread of COVID-19.

Theprovincial government enacted border stops between Blanc-Sablon, Que., and communities along Labrador'ssouth coast starting Monday, mirroring measures that were already in place along the northern land route.

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