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Truck carrying mail, milk and alcohol to isolated N.B. island held at U.S. border
The truck carried milk, alcohol and groceries for fewer than 1,000 residents and was rerouted by ferries after the delay, officials said.
- On Tuesday, U.S. Customs blocked a New Brunswick supply truck bound for Campobello Island at the St. Stephen-Calais border crossing because it carried milk and alcohol, now prohibited under new U.S. import bans.
- The truck typically makes this 80-kilometres journey daily through Lubec, Maine, carrying mail and groceries for the island's less than 1,000 residents under a special Canada Border Services Agency licence and sealed customs tag.
- Mayor Harvey Matthews of the community of about 950 people criticized the blockade as "foolish," saying "You can live without the alcohol but the milk is pretty important" for residents who depend on regular deliveries.
- New Brunswick Southwest MP John Williamson is consulting with the Department of Global Affairs and the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa to resolve the impasse; the truck eventually reached the island via two ferries.
- With the private seasonal ferry service scheduled to cease operations on October 12, residents face potential long-term isolation if the border blockage persists, exposing vulnerability in cross-border supply chains during the trade dispute.
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Truck carrying mail, milk and alcohol to isolated N.B. island held at U.S. border
CAMPOBELLO ISLAND - A truck carrying supplies for an isolated New Brunswick island linked to the rest of Canada by U.S. roads was turned back at the international border Tuesday,
·Toronto, Canada
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