The west coast of Canada and the United States have few warning signs or reminders, like this one in Japan, of the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck the region with killer force. (Associated Press)
The west coast of Canada and the United States have few warning signs or reminders, like this one in Japan, of the earthquakes and tsunamis that have struck the region with killer force. (Associated Press)
**FILE** A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer walks through a line of cars at a crossing from Canada near Blaine, Wash., on July 21, 2009. (Associated Press)
Mike Bolt, keeper of the Stanley Cup, takes it off the ice after members of the Vancouver Angels novice C1 minor hockey team were surprised with it before their youth practice Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Five minor hockey teams in Canada were randomly chosen to receive a surprise appearance by the Stanley Cup as part of the Scotiabank Community Hockey Sponsorship Program. The NHL lockout is in its 82nd day. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
Mike Bolt, keeper of the Stanley Cup, takes it off the ice after members of the Vancouver Angels novice C1 minor hockey team were surprised with it before their youth practice Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Five minor hockey teams in Canada were randomly chosen to receive a surprise appearance by the Stanley Cup as part of the Scotiabank Community Hockey Sponsorship Program. The NHL lockout is in its 82nd day. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)
Nicholas Dostie stands Nov. 13, 2012, in front of his tow truck in Magog, Quebec, that he said he used to tow a van in which about a dozen men, women and children entered Canada illegally from the United States and applied for political asylum. Canadian immigration officials on Dec. 5, 2012 said a Romanian smuggling ring has been bringing Gypsies into the U.S. through Mexico in order for them to eventually gain asylum in Canada. (Associated Press)
“We afforded a man who sought to do us the greatest harm the full due process of the law,” U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan (approaching left) told reporters after Algerian terrorist Ahmed Ressam was sentenced to 37 years in prison on Wednesday for plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in December 1999. A trunk full of explosives was found when his car was searched after a customs agent thought he appeared suspicious after he drove off a ferry onto U.S. soil from Canada. (The Associated Press)
“We afforded a man who sought to do us the greatest harm the full due process of the law,” U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan (approaching left) told reporters after Algerian terrorist Ahmed Ressam was sentenced to 37 years in prison on Wednesday for plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in December 1999. A trunk full of explosives was found when his car was searched after a customs agent thought he appeared suspicious after he drove off a ferry onto U.S. soil from Canada. (The Associated Press)
U.S. border agents work at the closed border crossing between Surrey, British Columbia, and Blaine, Wash., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, after a Canadian border officer was shot in the neck by a man trying to enter Canada in a van with Washington state plates. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)
