>> Kim: WELCOME BACK!
>> Kim: WELCOME BACK!
WE LEARNED TODAY THE
U.S./CANADIAN BORDER WILL REMAIN
CLOSED FOR NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL
FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
LOVED ONES ON BOTH SIDES ARE
UNSURE WHEN THEY’LL SEE EACH
OTHER AGAIN.
>> Devin: A COUPLE MARRIED LAST
YEAR BOUGHT THEIR DREAM HOME IN
METRO DETROIT DURING THE
PANDEMIC AND ONE HAS NOT SEEN
THE PLACE IN PERSON.
>> Priya: BACK IN MARCH, MIKE’S
COMPANY TOLD HIM HE COULD WORK
FROM HOME SO HE WENT TO WINDSOR
TO BE WITH HIS WIFE JASMINE.
NOW THE BORDER IS CLOSED AND
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THEY’LL
SEE ONE ANOTHER AGAIN.
>> IT’S DIFFICULT.
I FEEL LIKE A PART OF MY HEART
IS MISSING.
IS MISSING.
>> Priya: THIS IS WHAT SHE TOLD
US TO STAY WHEN WE SPOKE TO THE
LOVE OF HIS LIFE.
>> TELL HER I LOVE HER.
>> Priya: THEY’RE SEPARATED BY
30 MILES AND AN INTERNATIONAL
BORDER THAT’S BEEN CLOSED
BECAUSE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
>> THERE’S SO MANY FAMILIES THAT
ARE APART RIGHT NOW THAT HAVE
BEEN APART FOR MONTHS AND
HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO SEE EACH
OTHER.
>> Priya: HOURS BEFORE WE SPOKE,
PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU ANNOUNCED
THE BORDER CLOSURE WAS EXTENDED
UNTIL LATE JULY.
>> TACK ON ANOTHER MONTH AND
WAIT UNTIL A WEEK AHEAD WHEN
IT’S SUPPOSED TO OPEN.
>> Priya: THEY MET ONLINE THREE
YEARS AGO AND THEIR FIRST GAME
YEARS AGO AND THEIR FIRST GAME
WAS A HOCKEY GAME AT LCA AND
MARRIED IN LIVONIA.
>> WE HAD A POUTINE BAR AND --
>> WE HAD A POUTINE BAR AND --
>> Priya: THEY KEPT PLANNING FOR
THEIR FUTURE NO MATTER HOW
UNCERTAIN AND BOUGHT A HOME IN
ST. CLAIR SHORES.
>> I HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO SEE MY
HOUSE.
IT’S REALLY FRUSTRATING AND
DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT’S TAKING A
TOLL ON OUR RELATIONSHIP AND I
FEEL LIKE I’M LEFT OUT.
>> I’M EXCITED AND GUNG HO ABOUT
THE RENOVATIONS AND TRYING TO
SEND PICTURES OF PAINT COLORS
AND FLOOR STAIN COLORS, IT’S NOT
THE SAME AS HER BEING THERE.
>> Priya: THEY’RE GRATEFUL FOR
TECHNOLOGY BUT DESPERATE FOR
WHEN THEY CAN BE TOGETHER AGAIN.
>> TRYING TO PLAN OUR FUTURE,
IT’S TOUGH.
>> I HAPPEN TO HAVE FOUND MY
SOUL MATE IN A DIFFERENT
COUNTRY.
WORDS CAN’T DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I
MISS HIM.
I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL I CAN HUG HIM
ONE MORE TIME AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHEN THAT’S GONNA HAPPEN.
WHEN THAT’S GONNA HAPPEN.
>> Priya: I’M PRIYA MANN, LOCAL
4.
>> Devin: ISN’T THAT AWFUL?
THEY’RE CLOSING ON THE NEW HOME
THIS THURSDAY, SO THAT’S GOOD
NEWS.
>> Kim: BUT YOUR HEART GOES OUT
