Juan De Fuca Strait: Hmcs Winnipeg

Coast Guard Vessel Dept: Three big Mountie boats follow, border collies shepherding the 57-metre cargo ship as an RCMP chopper circles overhead. Rigid-hull inflatables buzz around HMCS Winnipeg which, having escorted the Tamil-laden vessel down Juan de Fuca Strait, sits in Royal Roads, dwarfing the Canadian Coast Guard vessel off its stern, according to Montreal Gazette. Can't accuse the federal government of cheaping out on the effort, though and six a.m. Friday. A glorious orange sun rises over Victoria as two tugs nudge the MV Sun Sea into Esquimalt Harbour. It's all part of a big show of force meant to dissuade other people-smugglers from following -though you have to wonder if Canada's response is more thunder than lightning. As reported in the news.
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