James McGowan continues his diary in the National Post:

• Diary: James McGowan
  “The day may have been a logistical nightmare — the fire, the smoke, 49 extras, military ambulances — but director John Fawcett “got our day,” completing all the scenes that The Border co-creator Janet MacLean had written for us.” Read more.

CBC.ca interviews executive producer Peter Raymont about his new CBC drama:

• Raymont makes leap into drama with The Border
  “Often the writers would find when they were writing one of these scripts, that the next day in the newspaper on the front pages, that story that they were dealing with was there.” Read more.

Ted Shaw of the Windsor Star talks to Graham Abbey of CBC’s The Border:

• Crossing those acting borders
  “The ICS world Abbey patrols is rife with terrorists, drug and human traffickers, and violent customs violators. He chases them down, usually brandishing a weapon, and often ends up on the business end of a fist. It’s a lot of fun playing modern-day cowboys and Indians, Abbey said.” Read more.

Eric Kohanik of The Ottawa Citizen talks to James McGowan of CBC’s The Border:

• Border security. Syrian terrorist. Have we seen this one before?
  “McGowan tops the cast as Mike Kessler, the by-the-books head of the unit. As well as leading the agents and computer wizards who guard Canada’s border, Kessler juggles the political pitfalls of the job. Among those is the chore of dealing with the somewhat sinister bureaucrat who is his boss. Then, there’s a hot American agent named Bianca LaGarda, who enters the picture to protect the interests of the United States.” Read more.