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Spazito

(55,154 posts) Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:08 AM Mar 25

Border-straddling library raises $140K for renovations after U.S. limits Canadian access

Sylvie Boudreau says she is full of gratitude after receiving thousands of donations and over $140,000 to help renovate the entrance of the Stanstead, Que., library that straddles the border with the United States.

"It is crazy. It's overwhelming …I have contractors starting working," said Boudreau, president of the library's board of trustees.

Built in 1904, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House needs to renovate an emergency exit to become an accessible main entrance for Canadians after the U.S. government announced it is limiting access to that entrance, which is located steps into Derby Line, Vt.

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Boudreau says the library will open a side entrance to the Canadian public on Tuesday but is already looking to build a proper door soon after.

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"It would be great to have another beautiful wooden door ... We will make it happen," said Boudreau. "There's a lot of work to do."

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/u-s-canada-library-fundraiser-u-s-limits-access-1.7491824

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Border-straddling library raises $140K for renovations after U.S. limits Canadian access (Original Post) Spazito Mar 25 OP

I'm still not ok with the Federal government overreach here bucolic_frolic Mar 25 #1

It means both kinds of residents can access their library in peace. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 25 #2

But in the middle of the library, an international border! /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 25 #3

Only once was that a problem, when someone tried to smuggle crime guns INTO Canada Bernardo de La Paz Mar 25 #4

bucolic_frolic

(49,509 posts)

1. I'm still not ok with the Federal government overreach here

Reply to Spazito (Original post)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:37 AM

Mar 25

How does a new door solve this "problem"?

Bernardo de La Paz

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2. It means both kinds of residents can access their library in peace.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:48 AM

Mar 25

As it stands now, Canadians have to officially enter the US and subject themselves to US border police and ICE jeopardy to access their library. (Might be a few days before it officially goes into effect or something (details))

A door on the Canadian side means Canadians could enter their library without jeopardy.

bucolic_frolic

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3. But in the middle of the library, an international border! /nt

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:49 AM

Mar 25

Bernardo de La Paz

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4. Only once was that a problem, when someone tried to smuggle crime guns INTO Canada

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 25, 2025, 09:55 AM

Mar 25

The only known smuggling, some while ago, was someone trying to smuggle a backpack of crime guns into Canada, where 9 of 10 crime guns are smuggled in from shady US gun dealers.

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