By Oct. 1, all Canadians will be required to use the entrance to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House on Canada's side of the border, the U.S. government said.

Summary

The U.S. government has ordered the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, which straddles the U.S.-Canada border, to end Canadian access through its Vermont entrance due to drug trafficking concerns.

Starting Oct. 1, Canadians must use a new entrance on the Canadian side, costing the library over 100,000 CAD to build.

Locals on both sides express frustration at ending the century-old tradition.

The library, a nonprofit since 1901, launched a fundraising campaign, raising more than half the needed funds through small community donations.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    17·
    2 days ago

    The library has been there for over 100 years and is a US and Canadian heritage site, and is supposed to be representative of cooperation and community between the US and Canada.

    It’s the Quebec/Vermont equivalent to the BC/Washington Peace Arch, but also happens to be a cross-border library.

    • OutlierBlue@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      is supposed to be representative of cooperation and community between the US and Canada.

      And now it’s representative of that cooperation and community being hammered by a senile psychopath in the Oval Office.

      • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
        3·
        2 days ago

        Yes and no… Kristi Noem already put in an appearance to repeatedly step across the “border” in the library shouting “USA Number 1! 51st State!”