Tariffs threaten cross-border family business where Canadians collect their U.S. packages | CBC News

CBC - 20/04
One red door leads to Canada, the other to the United States, and Canadians have been using the house for decades to make purchases online from U.S. stores that don't ship across the border.

Tariffs are spelling uncertainty for a family business that allows Canadians to use its U.S. shipping address to receive packages from the States.

Halfway House Freight Forwarding is an aptly named parcel pick-up spot that sits halfway between the official Canada-U.S. border crossings in Dundee, Que., and Fort Covington, N.Y.

One red door leads to Canada, the other to the United States, and Canadians have been using it for decades to make purchases online from U.S. stores that don't ship across the border.

Canadian customers enter the property by driving along Chemin de Dundee Centre, a gravel road about 100 kilometres south of Montreal.

A black painted line divides the house's main floor, marking the boundary between the United States and Canada. Canadians enter through one door, Americans through the other. (Sarah Jesmer)

The main floor of the house is split down the middle by...
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