Osoyoos Mayor Sue McKortoff likens the situation facing the scenic B.C. community just a few kilometres from the U.S. border to that of her own family.

She said she91裸聊视频檚 been asked recently how she deals with her Canadian daughter being married to an American, given the current tensions between the two nations, fuelled by U.S. tariff threats and talk of annexation.

91裸聊视频淲ell, of course, I91裸聊视频檓 going to go down and see my grandchildren. Why wouldn91裸聊视频檛 I?91裸聊视频� said McKortoff.

She said that her south Okanagan city of about 5,500 had little interest in worsening tensions with the United States, given that they 91裸聊视频渉ave been our best neighbours for hundreds of years,91裸聊视频� with a big portion of the city economy relying on U.S. tourists visiting nearby wineries and farmers markets in the summer.

Bigger municipalities in B.C. have been talking of boycotts and reciprocal action against the threat of American tariffs on Canadian exports, with Vancouver91裸聊视频檚 council voting to direct procurement contracts to Canadian businesses instead of American ones, and suburban New Westminster asking staff to halt non-essential work trips to the United States.

But McKortoff and mayors of some other small border communities say they can91裸聊视频檛 afford to antagonize American customers and friends or have no interest in doing so.

91裸聊视频淲e need to be open to any kind of option that will allow us to do business and to make sure that we understand what the concerns are on both sides 91裸聊视频� and see how we can best deal with the situation because it changes often,91裸聊视频� she said.

She said Osoyoos businesses head south on Highway 97 daily to get products from the United States and she had no problem with that.

91裸聊视频淢y job is to support our local businesses. I always have pushed that since I91裸聊视频檝e been on council and I think they may have product from the States, but they91裸聊视频檙e local. They work here. They support this community, therefore I support them,91裸聊视频� she said.

Tom Morphet, mayor of Haines Borough, Alaska, recently wrote to Diane Strand, mayor of nearby Haines Junction, Yukon, to reaffirm a friendship the communities have shared for years.

91裸聊视频淎s northerners, we sometimes have as much in common with our Canadian neighbours as we do with our own countrymen in the southern latitudes,91裸聊视频� he wrote this month.

Morphet said in an interview that his love for Canada began 20 years ago when his truck got stuck in a mountain pass during a blizzard. It was a Canadian who pulled his vehicle out, then let him follow his tail lights for 240 kilometres.

91裸聊视频淲e wrote the letter to reinforce this great relationship we91裸聊视频檝e always had here close to the border,91裸聊视频� said Morphet, adding that many residents 91裸聊视频渨ere born in Canada and have dual citizenship, and we have our First Nations who have always travelled freely in this part of the world.91裸聊视频�

Morphet said residents in Haines Borough feel more connected to Canada than to the 91裸聊视频渓ower 48.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲e have lots of loonies and toonies in our cash registers. We all love that $5 bill that had the hockey game on the backside. I mean, we love Canada being Canada,91裸聊视频� said Morphet.

Strand said the 91裸聊视频渂order doesn91裸聊视频檛 mean that much91裸聊视频� to either community.

Residents of both travel back and forth, especially during harvesting season. Alaskans crossed into Canada for moose hunting while Yukoners travelled to Alaska for eulachon fishing.

Both rely on each other to boost their economies, said Strand.

91裸聊视频淲e are a family and we are friends and the border never meant anything to us years ago. It was the Canadian government and the U.S., that put this border up. We have so many family members and we need to make sure that we maintain those ties,91裸聊视频� said Strand.

91裸聊视频楽HOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT91裸聊视频�

In Rossland, B.C., Mayor Andy Morel, said the 91裸聊视频渂eautiful little mountain community91裸聊视频� in the Kootenays needed to walk a 91裸聊视频渇ine line91裸聊视频� in not upsetting their U.S. neighbours, who are a big part of the local economy.

He said 60 to 75 per cent of the city91裸聊视频檚 economy was driven by American tourists, with the city well known for its skiing and mountain biking culture.

91裸聊视频淔rom the perspective of wanting to support our own economy, we do rely on U.S. visitors strongly, and we91裸聊视频檇 be shooting ourselves in the foot 91裸聊视频� if we started to boycott and to bad mouth our American tourists and friends on the other side of the border,91裸聊视频� said Morel.

About 130 kilometres to the west, the town of Creston, B.C., is just across the border from deep-red Idaho, and the town of Bonners Ferry, which greets visitors with a sign saying: 91裸聊视频淲elcome to Trump country. Love God, guns, family, freedom and your neighbor.91裸聊视频�

Creston Mayor Arnold DeBoon said seeing the sign made him 91裸聊视频渦ncomfortable 91裸聊视频� in Canada, we don91裸聊视频檛 have that strong connection to guns, and we don91裸聊视频檛 want that in Canada.91裸聊视频�

He said the cross-border sentiment had 91裸聊视频渃ooled off91裸聊视频� due to the recent tensions over Trump91裸聊视频檚 proposed tariffs. But he hoped to be able to maintain a 91裸聊视频渇riendly relationship.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think we want to be impolite or destroy a relationship that91裸聊视频檚 out there,91裸聊视频� said DeBoon.

91裸聊视频淎nd I do believe one of the things we should be doing to this point, is welcome more from the south because of the exchange rate, and just let them know that if they want to come to Canada, the dollar will go far, and they will enjoy the country and the scenery.91裸聊视频�

Back in Rossland, Morel said that like many he91裸聊视频檚 worried about the country91裸聊视频檚 economy if the tariffs go ahead, and Canadians will have to 91裸聊视频渇ight back as best we can.91裸聊视频�

But on 91裸聊视频渁 face-to-face, person-to-person91裸聊视频� basis, Morel wants to keep things friendly with the community91裸聊视频檚 American neighbours.

He said many residents recognize it91裸聊视频檚 the U.S. administration causing the tensions, and not every American supports Trump.

91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a border there, but many of them love our community. They come to our community every year, they spend money, they invest in the community, and (we) will continue to welcome them,91裸聊视频� said Morel.