Digs at Canada ‘don’t necessarily represent the views of the folks in our town,’ says mayor of Haines, Alaska

Things have gotten a little weird lately with the U.S. and Canada, but one small-town mayor in Alaska hopes his town can still be Valentines with its neighbours across the border in the Yukon.

Mayor Tom Morphet of Haines, Alaska, penned a love letter of sorts this week and sent off a copy to his counterparts in nearby Haines Junction, Yukon and Whitehorse on Wednesday.

It says the Haines Borough wants to “reaffirm a relationship of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance” with those Yukon communities.