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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
U.S. Coast Guard Capsizes Boat, Detains Canadian Who Insists He Was In Canadian Waters
A fisherman detained by U.S. federal agents insisted he was fishing in Canadian waters on Lake Champlain, but the U.S. Coast Guard claimed that he crossed into U.S. waters. In a totally proportional response, the Coast Guard capsized his borrowed boat and detained him in soaking wet clothes for almost two hours, reports CTV News. Lake Champlain straddles the borders of New York, Vermont, and Quebec. Edouard Lallemand believed he was fishing near Venise-en-Québec, at the northern tip of the lake in Canadian waters. A U.S. Coast Guard boat stopped him, and the officers on board insisted that he had illegally crossed the border into American waters. Lallemand said he's been fishing Lake Champlain for decades and knew he was in Canadian waters and at least 10 miles from the border, he told WCAX. Lallemand told CTV News he was polite enough in speaking to them, but insisted that they could not cross the border and arrest him. At this point, Lallemand started the engine, told the Coast Guard he would rather speak to them by the shore, and moved that way. The Coast Guard boat pursued him and tried to push him into U.S. waters, capsizing the boat and sending him into the water in the process. Lallemand said he almost drown in the altercation. The Coast Guard then pulled him out, handcuffed him, and turned him over to Customs and Border Protection, who jailed him for almost two hours in wet clothes and a dirty blanket. Read more: Nobody Does Land Yachts Like Cadillac, And These Are Five Of The Best Ones What Really Happened? According to the Coast Guard's statement to CTV News, Lallemand was "in U.S. Customs waters" at the time he was detained. The Coast Guard says he ignored orders to stop for boarding purposes, then suddenly turned and rammed the 29-foot RB-S II with his small fishing boat, causing it to capsize. This occurred at coordinates 65 yards south of the U.S. border, claims the Coast Guard. Google Maps confirms that the Coast Guard's claimed coordinates are 65 yards south of the border, which totally justifies the use of excessive force, I guess. It also confirms that the border is three miles south of the southern tip of the Venise-en-Québec peninsula. It's not like there is a marked line across the middle of the lake, but that still leaves Canadians a large area to enjoy without U.S. Coast Guard interference. Who are you going to believe, the man who has been fishing these waters for decades and knows them like the back of his hand? Or a government known for gross overreach, excessively aggressive border defense, detaining and rejecting a tourist because of a meme on his phone, and disappearing a man who crossed the border by accident? And which seems more likely; a man trying to retreat to the shore's relative safety when faced with oppressors from a foreign government, or the Coast Guard's claim that he deliberately rammed them with his small borrowed boat? It's hard to know for sure. Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Fisherman reportedly detained by US coast guard in Canadian waters
A Canadian man claims he was arrested by the United States Coast Guard and turned over to Border Patrol after he was accused of fishing in American waters, which he denies. Edouard Lallemand, 60, borrowed a friend's boat on Sunday, July 20, to go fishing about nine miles north of the border separating the two countries on the northern tip of Lake Champlain. He claims that despite having fished the area for decades and being certain he had not crossed the border, the Coast Guard approached him and said he was in the United States. 'I said, 'No, I'm very sorry, I'm in Canada.' And I said, 'I'm polite enough to talk to you guys but you cannot arrest me. You can't come across the border and pick me up.' But they did,' he told CTV News. He attempted to restart his boat engine - having turned it off initially at their request - when he claims the Coast Guard started to push him into the United States until it capsized and he fell overboard. Lallemand (pictured) claims the Coast Guard tried to tie their boat to his and didn't bother to try and help him. 'The third time I went down, coming out with water in my mouth, spitting it out, I said, 'Throw me a buoy!' His wife, Darlene Fielding, wrote an angry post on her Facebook page in English and Quebecois French, stating: 'What happened to my husband should NEVER happen again.' Fielding - who said that she and her husband 'treat our pets' better than Lallemand was treated - called the experience 'terrifying' and told CTV her husband looked 'like a beaten man.' Lallemand had visible scrapes on his legs from the encounter. 'My husband was injured, traumatized, and stripped of his rights. We don't have the means to hire a lawyer, but we DO have the right to speak out,' she added in her Facebook post. The Coast Guard adamantly denies having approached Lallemand in Canadian waters in a statement, saying they were in American territory. 'While the Coast Guard's 29-ft response boat was alongside the vessel, the operator put the vessel in motion and ignored commands to maintain course and speed for boarding purposes,' they said. They then said that when Lallemand restarted his boat, he hit their vessel. 'The vessel then made an abrupt starboard turn and struck the port bow of the Coast Guard small-boat at coordinates 45°00.792'N, 073°10.608'W, approximately 65 yards south of the U.S./Canadian border. The collision caused the vessel to capsize, putting the operator in the water,' the statement reads. 'The actions of the operator of the Canadian vessel are currently under investigation,' they added. has reached out to U.S. Border Patrol for comment. It's yet another example of tensions between the United States and Canada, formerly close allies. The relationship has been strained in recent months by political rhetoric and cross-border air quality concerns linked to Canada's record-breaking wildfires. Earlier this month, Donald Trump threw a grenade on the tariff negotiations between the United States and Canada with a blistering letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney (pictured). The two nations had been trying to settle the tariff war that broke out when Trump returned to office and announced plans to reorganize world trade. Canadian officials had hoped a deal was close, but Trump's latest letter - which he shared to Truth Social on Thursday night - set negotiations back to square one. The letter revealed he would raise tariffs on Canadian products to 35 percent from August 1 - a 10 percent increase on the current levy. Trump said the tariff hike was in part due to the fentanyl crisis and Canada's 'failure to stop the drugs from pouring into our country'. 'I must mention that the flow of fentanyl is hardly the only challenge we have with Canada, which has many tariff, and non-tariff, policies and trade barriers,' Trump wrote in the letter. Carney, who took office this year in a liberal win partly powered by Trump's trade actions and threats to make Canada the 51st state, his back in an online posting. 'Throughout the current trade negotiations with the United States, the Canadian government has steadfastly defended our workers and businesses,' Carney wrote. 'We will continue to do so as we work towards the revised deadline of August 1. Canada has made vital progress to stop the scourge of fentanyl in North America. We are committed to continuing to work with the United States to save lives and protect communities in both our countries.' That came after Trump mentioned fentanyl in his trade letter, and called out Canada for a 'failure' to control it. 'If Canada works with me to stop the flow of fentanyl, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter,' Trump added. 'These tariffs may be modified, upward or downward, depending on our relationship with your country,' he added. The latest round of tariffs are in addition to previously imposed sectoral tariffs on steel, copper and aluminum, which came into effect for most countries on June 4 at a whopping 50 percent. The latest travel advisory follows years of quietly simmering friction that boiled over earlier this year when President Trump repeatedly mocked former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, referring to Canada as America's '51st state,' and demoting Trudeau to the title of 'governor.' The introduction of tariffs between the two countries and Trump's hardline immigration policies have also seen Canadian travel to the US plunge by up to 40 percent this spring, as stories of tourists caught in the web of US immigration enforcement made headlines across the border. In response to the spike in travel-related incidents, the Canadian government has since revised its own advisory for citizens visiting the US, bluntly stating that travelers must 'comply and be forthcoming in all interactions with border authorities' and warning that visitors 'could be detained while awaiting deportation.' Last month the US Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra attempted to tamp down concerns, calling the fears 'unfounded' and the high-profile detentions 'isolated.'
CTV News
5 days ago
- CTV News
Quebec man warning Canadian boaters after he was detained by U.S. Coast guard, put in jail cell
A Quebec man says he is outraged after the U.S. Coast Guard accused him of fishing in American waters and then arrested him. A Quebec man says he is outraged after the U.S. Coast Guard accused him of fishing in American waters and then arrested him before putting him in a jail cell for nearly two hours. Edouard Lallemand, 60, said he nearly drowned during the ordeal last Sunday afternoon after the Coast Guard's boat 'pushed' his boat, causing it to capsize. Days after the incident, he's still shaken up. 'I'm never going to be the same,' he told CTV News. Edouard Lallemand Edouard Lallemand and his wife, Darlene Fielding. (Matt Grillo/CTV News) Lallemand said he borrowed his friend's boat and was fishing near Venise-en-Québec, which is roughly 15 kilometres north of the U.S. border at the northern tip of Lake Champlain. He says he has been fishing for decades and is adamant that he was in Canadian waters when the Coast Guard showed up and told him to turn off his engine, to which he complied. The three officers told him he was in U.S. territory. 'I said, 'No, I'm very sorry, I'm in Canada.' And I said I'm polite enough to talk to you guys but you cannot arrest me. 'You can't come across the border and pick me up' but they did,' he recalled. Lallemand started his engine and said he wanted to talk with the officers by the shore, but the Coast Guard followed and tried to push him into the U.S., which is what caused him to go overboard. Edouard Lallemand The boat Edouard Lallemand was driving at the time was damaged and filled with seaweed after it capsized. (Submitted) 'They're tying my boat to their boat. They're not even taking care of me. The third time I went down, coming out with water in my mouth, spitting it out, I said throw me a buoy,' he said. Once on their vessel, he said he was aggressively put in handcuffs. 'I never saw somebody so angry,' he said. He was then handed over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, who fingerprinted him, put him in a jail cell with his clothes soaking wet, and gave him a 'dirty' blanket. Edouard Lallemand Edouard Lallemand says he had scrapes from his arrest by U.S. Coast Guard officers. (Submitted) 'I said are you arresting me? No sir you're detained. I said detained for what? I said you aggressed me. I didn't do nothing to you guys, I didn't even hit you guys,' he recalled. The U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement to CTV News that Lallemand was 'in U.S. Customs waters' when they approached him on July 20 at about 5:30 p.m. 'While the Coast Guard's 29-ft response boat-small was alongside the vessel, the operator put the vessel in motion and ignored commands to maintain course and speed for boarding purposes. The vessel then made an abrupt starboard turn and struck the port bow of the Coast Guard small-boat at coordinates 45°00.792'N, 073°10.608'W, approximately 65 yards south of the U.S./Canadian border. The collision caused the vessel to capsize, putting the operator in the water," the statement reads. 'The actions of the operator of the Canadian vessel are currently under investigation.' Lallemand was released after nearly two hours and reunited with his wife, Darlene Fielding. 'It's when I saw him come from the Canadian customs and he was flabbergasted. I've never seen him like that. We've been together a very long time. He's like a beaten man,' she said. 'We treat our pets better than they treated him.' Lallemand came home with some scrapes and said he would like an apology from the U.S. Coast Guard. He also has a warning for other Canadian boaters. 'I want the people to know and to be aware: stay away from the border,' he said. 'Even if it's 500, 600 feet from there.'
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Yahoo
Homes at these Vermont lakes boast some of the most coveted real estate: Survey results
Have you ever wanted to live next to a beautiful lake? If so, you're in the right state. Despite its small size, Vermont boasts three of the most 'coveted' lakefronts in North America, contends a survey by real estate platform Calgary Homes. The Green Mountain State's most 'sought-after' real estate sits along Lake Champlain, Lake Willoughby and Lake Bomoseen, according to the survey, which included over 3,000 participants from the U.S and Canada. Lake Champlain ranked 18th place, followed by Lake Willoughby at 68th place and Lake Bomoseen at 113th place. In total, 184 lakefronts across U.S and Canada made the list. The survey describes Lake Champlain, which stretches over 120 miles and borders more than a dozen towns and cities, as Vermont's 'premier lakefront destination.' Lake Champlain ranked in the top 20 for the 'wide-ranging properties' that dot its shores, including historic homes, island retreats, private docks, boathouses and residences sporting views of the Adirondacks. The survey also lauds Lake Champlain for its proximity to Burlington and Montreal, providing 'easy access to culture, dining and year-round events.' The Northeast Kingdom's Lake Willoughby, 'carved by glaciers and flanked by towering cliffs,' is the state's most 'dramatic' lake, according to the survey. Much more rural and secluded than Lake Champlain, Lake Willoughby is most ideal for homeowners who prefer 'solitude over amenities' and 'long days on the dock over nightlife.' Prospective buyers should also know that homes are scarce and mostly consist of 'classic cabins' or 'modest year-round homes with private beach frontage.' Lake Bomoseen, located in Rutland County, carries the honor of being Vermont's largest lake that does not flow into another state. Lake Bomoseen earned its ranking because it balances a 'laid-back feel' and 'campground vibe' with 'strong local roots.' Homeowners may enjoy fishing, pontooning and participating in local events. With few short-term rentals, Lake Bomoseen is ideal for individuals who value 'tradition, familiarity and full-time usability.' Top five most coveted lakefronts in North America Big Bear Lake, California Lake Tahoe, California Shasta Lake, California Tracadie Bay, Prince Edward Island Lake Weir, Florida Megan Stewart is a government accountability reporter for the Burlington Free Press. Contact her at mstewartyounger@ This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont's most coveted lakefronts: What a real estate survey found Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Science
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When is the next full moon? What to know about August full moon and its 'celestial bonus'
With July's "Buck Moon" now behind us, it's time to look forward to the full moon coming up in August. That full moon will come "with a celestial bonus—setting in the early morning sky near a dazzling alignment of Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter," according to the Farmer's Almanac website. "If clouds interfere (on the night of the full moon), the sky offers a do-over from (Aug.) 11 to 13, when the two brightest planets—Venus and Jupiter—huddle so close together that it may be the best conjunction of your life. Start looking about 60 minutes before sunrise in your location." Here's when it can be seen. It can be seen Aug. 9, 2025, according to the Farmer's Almanac, which added that the best viewing time will be 3:55 a.m. The August full moon is known as the Sturgeon Moon because sturgeons – a type of fish – are more efficiently caught in August and early September, according to the Farmer's Almanac. "The name Sturgeon Moon comes from the giant lake sturgeon of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain; this native freshwater fish was readily caught during this part of summer and an important food staple for Native Americans who lived in the region," the Farmer's Almanac said. "At one time the lake sturgeon was quite abundant in late summer, though they are rarer today." A full moon can be seen clearly with the naked eye. But in a past interview with USA Today Network, Tim Brothers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology technical Instructor and observatory manager, said with any case of stargazing, it's much better if you're using a good telescope or a pair of binoculars. According to Time and Date, they include: Corn Moon: Sept. 7, 2025 Harvest Moon: Oct. 6, 2025 Beaver Moon: Nov. 5, 2025 Cold Moon: Dec. 4, 2025 This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: August full moon coincides with planetary alignment. When to see it
