For more than a year and a half, Canada's border has been closed for anything other than essential travel. That changed this week. The Mayor of Thousand Islands Corinna Smith-Gatkey talks about what it means for border towns like hers to welcome back American travelers; Three natural gas-producing sites in southern Alberta want to host crypto currency mining operations using their own energy to power the vast computer networks needed to manage these digital transactions. Stephanie Hughes, a reporter for the Financial Post tells us more; Chinese courts have sentenced convicted drug smuggler Robert Schellenberg to death; Michael Spavor has been found guilty of spying and will be imprisoned for 11 years. Critics have declared that the sentences the Canadians received were both arbitrary and unfair. We have analysis from Stephanie Carvin from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa; Kimberly Sutherland Mills from the Kingston Frontenac Public Library recommends some romantic reads; Two sisters who are attending school in Kingston - Amanda Preston-Walker at will be at Queen's University - Victoria Preston-Walker is going to St. Lawrence College - have begun a petition calling on the schools to make vaccinations mandatory for students and staff; Cassis Bistro in Lakefield -just outside of Peterborough is the recipient of a TripAdvisor's 2021 Traveler's Choice Award. Executive Chef Sonya Rich tells us about the restaurant and the significance of the award.