Separated families struggle to cope with prolonged border closure
Trystin Sellers, left, and Shannon Sellers, of Eureka, video chat with Shannon's fiance, Daniel Hutchinson of Sparwood, British Columbia, in this April 6, 2021, file photo. It was the only way the family could see each other due to the closure of the U.S.-Canada border. (Jeremy Weber/Daily Inter Lake)
Eureka's Trystin Sellers joins a peaceful demonstration at the Port of Roosville on April 3, 2021, to protest the closure of the U.S.-Canada border that separated him from his father for more than a year. (Courtesy of Shannon Sellers)
Members of families separated by the border between the U.S. and Canada due to COVID-19 restrictions gather to protest at the Port of Roosville in Montana on Saturday, April 3, 2021. (Brandy Carvey)
Four-year-old Colt Lynch of Eureka joins the peaceful demonstration at the Port of Roosville Saturday. Lynch's father, Charlie, lives in Canada. (Brandy Carvey photo)
Brandy Carvey and her 4-year-old son Colt stare across the fence at the group gathered less than 150 yards away. In that group just on the other side of the United States and Canadian border in the Port of Roosville stands Colt’s grandfather, Bud Lynch, a man he has not seen in more than two years....
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