Border with Canada runs through library in Vermont village - Canada.com
Step through the front door of the Haskell Library and you’re in the United States.
Walk across the carpeted floor to the circulation desk and you’re in Canada. But if you sit down on the couch, you’re back in the U.S.
The 106-year-old Romanesque building, which straddles the international border, has enjoyed a kind of informal immunity from border restrictions through the years. Read the full article…
OTTAWA – The American plan to require passports for all Canadian travellers is a “leap of faith” with unknown economic consequences, says a new report.
“We really don’t know what impact it’s going to have on trans-border trade,” said Donald Abelson, a political science professor from the University of Western Ontario and one of the authors of the report. Read the full article…
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