Canadian officials say the small Southeast Alaska town of Hyder will continue to have 24-hour-a-day access to emergency health care. 
 
 The Canada Border Services Agency began closing the road to nearby Stewart, British Columbia, on April 1. The cost-cutting measure locks the border gate from midnight to 8 a.m. 
 
 Hyder residents depend on Stewart for health care and mainland road access. They demonstrated against the closure last week, saying it would hurt business, as well as emergency services. 
 
 Agency spokeswoman Jennifer Bourque says ambulance, fire and police agencies have been given gate keys to continue all-day access. Residents can also call the agency. 
 
 “The protocol is only for emergencies,” she says. 
 
 Ketchikan State Rep. Dan Ortiz, whose district includes Hyder, and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski contacted Canadian officials to argue against the closure. 
 
 The Alaska city of fewer than 100 residents is about 75 miles northeast of Ketchikan. Stewart, a few miles away, has about 500 people. 
 
 The closure comes at the start of the area’s tourist season. Business owners say it will scare away bear-viewers, photographers and anglers who head out in the early morning hours. 
 
 Link: Hear an interview about Hyder from APRN’s “300 Villages” series. 
 
 Editor’s note: An earlier version of this report did not include the border agency’s plan for maintaining emergency access. 
 
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 HYDER, Alaska (AP) — Canada has closed a border crossing next to a tiny southeastern Alaska town during the overnight hours, but border officials say residents will still have access to emergency medical care. 
 
 Canadian officials began closing the road linking Hyder with nearby Stewart, British Columbia, on Wednesday, CoastAlaska News reported. Hyder residents depend on Stewart for health care and mainland road access. 
 
 The cost-cutting measure locks the border gate from midnight to 8 a.m. 
 
 Hyder, which is about 75 miles northeast of Ketchikan, has fewer than 100 residents. Stewart is a few miles away from Hyder and has a population of about 500. 
 
 Both U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Alaska state Rep. Dan Ortiz said they have contacted Canadian officials to argue against the closure. 
 
 While an initial report said the move means Hyder residents will no longer have nighttime access to emergency medical in Stewart, the Canadian Border Services Agency said emergency responders still have 24-hour access as do Hyder residents by telephoning border services. 
 
 "CBSA would like to assure members of the surrounding communities that there are procedures in place to ensure access for emergency services ... in the event of a situation such as a medical emergency, natural disaster, or if there is risk to critical infrastructure," agency spokeswoman Jennifer Bourque said. 
 
 She told The Associated Press that emergency agencies have around the clock access to the border, and the agency has provided "24 hour telephone clearance procedures which can be accessed by local residents, in case of emergency."
– Canada has stopped keeping the border open 24 hours near the town Conde Nast Traveler once called "America's only de facto outpost of Canada," and the 100 or so residents of Hyder, Alaska, are pretty worried. There are no roads from Hyder to anywhere else in Alaska and the only emergency medical care is a couple of miles away in Stewart, British Columbia. "It's the only evacuation route if you have a tsunami or a flood," Ketchikan Rep. Dan Ortiz tells KTOO, describing the situation as unsafe. "And then, [of] course, in the middle of the night if you have an emergency medical issue you don’t have access to a hospital." Canada, which starting locking the border gate from midnight to 8am this month as a cost-cutting move, says Alaskans can relax, the AP reports. A Canadian Border Services Agency spokeswoman says phone clearance procedures are in place and emergency responders will still have 24-hour access "in the event of a situation such as a medical emergency, natural disaster, or if there is risk to critical infrastructure." The nearest police to Hyder are the Mounties, according to Conde Nast's profile of the town, which also noted that all businesses there except the post office price things in Canadian dollars, the town takes Victoria Day and Boxing Day off, and even the area code is Canadian. (Alaskans are holding a lottery to guess when river ice will break up.)