COVID-19: Confusion at U.S.-Canada border frustrates Nova Scotia couple Her husband, Eugene Wormell, says the pair would often cross the bridge for cheaper milk, cheaper gas or to visit family who live in Maine.“Going across the border to Calais or East Port, that’s just been part of our lifestyle,” he says.According to Allan MacEachern, the mayor of St.
Stephen, that wanderlust is not uncommon in town.“That’s our lifestyle,” he says.“That’s our neighbour. That’s part of our community.
We have family, friends… it’s very important to get back to where we were.”MacEachern says the town’s also missing out on traffic generated by the border — people coming from throughout the Atlantic provinces to cross into the U.S.