Anti-Olympic radio journalist denied entrance to Canada at Vancouver International Airport

Canada-US Peace Arch crossing. Sue Frause photo.

Although I’m not an anti-Olympic activist, I am a journalist. And several times while traveling from my home state of Washington to British Columbia, I’ve been questioned about my reasons for visiting O Canada!

But nothing like the radio journalist who was recently denied entry to Canada when he flew into Vancouver from Chicago. The reason? His involvement with the Olympic Resistance Network.

The few times I’ve been questioned have seemed a bit silly. Once, when arriving in Sidney on Vancouver Island via Washington State Ferries, I was asked why I was on the island. “I’m a travel writer,” I replied. The person then asked me, “What’s a travel writer?” Granted, she was young (I think a seasonal summer worker), but who doesn’t know what a travel writer is/does?

On another occasion, while traveling aboard Amtrak between Seattle and Vancouver, I was questioned as to why I had so few icons on my MacBook. Huh?

American journalist Amy Goodman went through some intense grilling by the Canadian Border Services Agency while traveling to Vancouver to promote her book, Breaking the Sound Barrier.

I’ll let you know what happens when I head up to Vancouver this week.