US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry [View all]

Source: The Guardian

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.

Under the new rules, Canadians will need to go through a formal border crossing before entering the library.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/canada-cross-border-library

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60% of the library is in Canada.

tRump claimed he's doing this because drug traffickers were using the library to smuggle drugs into the US, but the only documented case of smuggling through the library was an attempt to smuggle backpacks full of guns from the US to Canada.