No Canadians allowed: Unusual cross-border library in northern Vermont to close access

[Historic NY]

The Haskell Free Library & Opera House's main entrance is in the U.S. town of Derby Line, but for decades Canadians have been allowed to visit the facility through a side entrance from Stanstead, Quebec, without going through border controls.

New rules from the U.S. government mean library officials must as of Monday limit access via the Canadian side to staff and people with disabilities, as a prelude to closing it off entirely later this year, library officials told USA TODAY.



https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/world/2025/03/22/border-library-canada-access-stopped-northern-vermont-derby-line-quebec/82600496007/]

[Botany]

1. This just sad. One shining example of being good neighbors is being shut down in an act of madness.

Canada is to the left of the rocks.

[Historic NY]

8. As long as you stay on your side of the rock, there are camera's all over.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Pettiness personified...nt

[CrispyQ]

3. We're going the way of North Korea if someone doesn't stop the orange POS.

We'll be locked down. No going out. No coming in. No social media. Remember this story of North Korean soldiers sent to Russia who had never seen the internet before? People think it can't happen here even as it's happening right before our eyes.

North Koreans given internet access for first time already have dodgy search histories
Story by Sarah Hooper • Nov. 7, 2024

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/north-koreans-given-internet-access-for-first-time-already-have-dodgy-search-histories/ar-AA1tFkbU

snip...

Access to the internet is restricted to only foreigners and government officials, with citizens in North Korea only able to access ‘Kwangmyong’ – a highly regulated intranet.

In 2016, a leak allowed internet users to access North Korea’s intranet, revealing a highly-regulated service which praised Kim Jong-Un for visiting fruit farms.

The site was ‘beyond internet in the Nineties’ terrible’ – with just 28 websites, controlled by the government, from a social network (Friend.com.kp) to a recipe site (Cooks.org.kp).

Though it’s unclear if soldiers are actually ‘gorging’ on porn, soldiers sent to Russia will be given freedoms they’ve never had before in their home country as they join Putin’s forces.

Gorging on porn. Ha ha. And someone once postulated the internet would make us smarter.

[democrank]

4. Quite the program you have there, King Trump.

Ban books….then ban libraries

[Passages]

5. Stupid, petty...which always describes Trump.

[Think. Again.]

6. How does the U.S. have the authority ...

...to control the entrance that is on Canadian soil?

[Solly Mack]

7. That's what I want to know.