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The US has blocked Canadian access to a library straddling the Canada-US border, drawing criticism from a Quebec town where people have long enjoyed easy entry to the space.
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. It was built deliberately to straddle the frontier between the two countries – a symbol of cooperation and friendship between Canada and the US.
The library’s entrance is on the Vermont side. Previously, Canadian visitors were able to enter using the sidewalk and entrance on the American side but were encouraged to bring documentation, according to the library’s website.
Inside, a line of electrical tape demarcates the international boundary. About 60% of the building, including the books, is located in Canada. Upstairs, in the opera house, the audience sits in the US while the performers are in Canada.
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US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking.
Ah, the famous Quebec-Vermont drug corridor.
These guys are just a couple of steps away from “it has electrolytes, it’s what the plants crave”.
At this point I feel bad for Vermonters.
Drug smuggling does need to be addressed… but not in the direction they imagine…
Yes, everyone knows libraries are hotbeds of drug activity lmao. What petulant little snowflakes the MAGAts are.
It’s easy to think of libraries as evil if they’ve never stepped foot in one.
You have a point there lol.
How atypically petty of the US admin. Yankee Go Home.
That tape going to be upgraded into a wall soon 😔 good thing all the books are already on the Canadian side.
Tear it done. Why do Americans get to cross the boarder. Or build a wall build a door on the Canadian side don’t let Americans get to the books. What a stupid idea to build it in the first place.
Opera House? I remember years ago reading or hearing of this story where guy wanted in the U.S. went on a stage of some sort on the border, and would just swap sides each time authorities of either country were about to apprehend him.
Probs just an urban legend, but would this have been the place?
