Ok.... this is becoming standard operating procedure...
Looks like the RCMP was finally called in....
http://www.komotv.com/stories/41803.htm
Border Closure Delays Weekend Travelers
February 10, 2006
By KOMO Staff & News Services
BLAINE - The U.S.-Canada border crossing at the Peace Arch in Blaine has been at least partially reopened after it was closed late this afternoon because of a warning that an armed and dangerous person might be headed there.
Faith St. John, a spokeswoman for the Canada Border Services Agency, says the crossing was closed about 4:30 p.m. after Canadian authorities were notified by U.S. officials that an "armed and dangerous" man might be headed there from the U.S. side.
At that point, an undetermined number of unarmed Canadian border agents left their posts at both the Peace Arch and Pacific Highway crossings, as they are allowed to do if they perceive a threat of imminent danger.
St. John says managers and RCMP officers were called in, and at least some lanes were reopened by 6:30 or 7 p.m.
A spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, Mike Milne, says the Peace Arch crossing is "sporadically" open in both directions, and the Pacific Highway crossing, about one mile east of the Peace Arch, is also open in both directions.
Milne says he "cannot confirm or deny" reports that officials are looking for a possibly armed person.
The Peace Arch crossing on Interstate Five is about 100 miles north of Seattle.
The closure comes two-and-a-half weeks after the border was closed on January 24th because of an incident in which police chased two men to the Peace Arch crossing from the U.S. side and shot and wounded one of them. The two men had been sought in a homicide case in California, and were arrested.
In that case, several Canadian border agents left their posts because of what they perceived as imminent danger.
A week before that, the border was closed because of a man acting erratically while heading into Canada. Several guns were found in his car, but officials said they believed the man was mentally disturbed rather than dangerous.
The Pacific Highway crossing also remained open in both of those incidents.
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Several B.C. border crossings closed after report of armed man
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLAINE, Wash. -- A report that an armed and dangerous man might be headed north to the U.S.-Canada border prompted temporary closures Friday at the busy Peace Arch border crossing and three other nearby crossings, causing traffic backups of vehicles headed into Canada.
Southbound traffic into the United States was not affected.
By Friday evening, several lanes were open at the nearby Pacific Highway border crossing for trucks, said Faith St. John, a Canada Border Services Agency spokeswoman. She said northbound lanes at the Peace Arch remained closed.
She said Canadian border booths in the area were closed at about 4:30 p.m. after her agency received an alert about an armed and dangerous man "from our counterparts in the United States." She had no details about the armed man or precisely which U.S. agency had provided the warning.
At that point, an undetermined number of Canadian border agents, who are unarmed, left their posts at both the Peace Arch and Pacific Highway crossings, as they are allowed to do if they believe their safety is threatened.
The walkout then spread to the crossings near Lynden and Sumas, Wash., east of Blaine, so those entries were closed to Canada-bound traffic, as well, St. John said. Managers were being brought in to staff them, she said.
Officials from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada also were called in to determine if there was any danger to the border officers, she said. There was no indication by 8 p.m. when the border crossings would be back in full operation.
Mike Milne, a spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, said he could not confirm or deny reports that officials are looking for a possibly armed person.
The Peace Arch crossing on Interstate 5 is about 100 miles north of Seattle.
The latest closure came after the border was closed on Jan. 24 because of an incident in which police chased two men to the Peace Arch crossing from the U.S. side and shot and wounded one of them. The two men had been sought in a homicide case in California, and were arrested.
In that case, several Canadian border agents left their posts because of what they perceived as imminent danger.
A week before that, the border was closed because of a man acting erratically while heading into Canada. Several guns were found in his car, but officials said they believed the man was mentally disturbed rather than dangerous.
The Pacific Highway crossing remained open in both of those incidents.
Those incidents renewed demands from the Canadian border agents' union that they be given guns.
New Conservative Justice Minister Vic Toews said his party will stand behind its promise to give them guns.
The current policy calls for the unarmed border guards to allow anyone suspected of being armed and dangerous into Canada and then call police.
CKA Uber 
All of you who think the customs guys are wimps, pussies, whatever, maybe you would like to relieve them in the event of an known armed criminal heading towards the border. But don't bring any weapons with you, show us how brave you are! 
Aside asinine comments from people like NDP who obvously can't tell the difference between armed and unarmed, bravery and stupidity, nor appreciate what conditions those agents are under, those fellows did the right thing. I am however particularly concerned with the rise of recent "crazies" coming near the border weilding guns like the Wild West. Moreover, those agents, not guards, need guns ASAP along with new policies.
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