Canada Letter: Does a woman ‘walking’ her boyfriend on a leash signal covid ennui?

Coronavirus restrictions across Canada are fraying patience and spurring protests in some quarters [View in browser](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP4QrAWh0dHBzOi8vbWVzc2FnaW5nLWN1c3RvbS1uZXdzbGV0dGVycy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS90ZW1wbGF0ZS9vYWt2Mj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2MDcxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcHJvZHVjdENvZGU9Q05EQSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmdGU9MSZ1cmk9bnl0JTNBJTJGJTJGbmV3c2xldHRlciUyRjhkYWUxYjI5LTE5ZDctNTFiNS05YzM1LTNjMGI1ZTU0ZjhkZiZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCl_9VMcCYMNlO0VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)|[nytimes.com](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTAxMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjYwNzEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCl_9VMcCYMNlO0VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)[Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-ad-marquee) ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0RxaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MjA3NjE5JmxpPUNOREEmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPUNOREFfMjAyMTAxMTZXA255dEIKX_1UxwJgw2U7RVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA [NYTimes.com/Canada](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0S3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY2FuYWRhP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTAxMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjYwNzEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCl_9VMcCYMNlO0VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) January 16, 2021 By Dan Bilefsky Last Saturday at 9 p.m., as residents across Quebec sat indoors to obey a new pandemic curfew, the police patrolling the sleepy city of Sherbrooke observed a perhaps unlikely crime: a woman “walking” her boyfriend, attached to a leash, as he padded along the sidewalk on all fours. Asked by the police why she was breaching curfew, which requires that residents remain indoors between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m., the woman replied that she was merely taking her dog for a walk. After all, dog-walking close to home is one of several activities, along with trips to the pharmacy, exempt from the curfew. The police, unconvinced, slapped the couple with a total of nearly $3,100 in fines. The Turcot Interchange in Montreal was empty on Saturday as the Quebec government imposed a curfew to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press This week, I called the Sherbrooke Police to confirm the human canine tale, as it [reverberated around the world](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP4QxAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55ZGFpbHluZXdzLmNvbS9uZXdzL3dvcmxkL255LXF1ZWJlYy1jYW5hZGEtd29tYW4td2Fsa3MtaHVzYmFuZC1vbi1sZWFzaC10by1nZXQtYXJvdW5kLWN1cmZldy0yMDIxMDExMi0ycmwydzJhdWJ2Y21kcHptaG4ycWtic3dqaS1zdG9yeS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTAxMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjYwNzEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCl_9VMcCYMNlO0VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). A police spokesman, Martin Carrier, told me the couple were part of a small movement of protesters across the country who have been chafing under new coronavirus restrictions and putting their own lives and the lives of others at risk. “It’s discouraging to see that people aren’t taking the rules seriously at a time when hospitals are overwhelmed,” Mr. Carrier said. Inevitably, the boyfriend-walking story also inspired some attempts at humor and some [unfortunate puns](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TSaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9BbnRpRm9yZFRPL3N0YXR1cy8xMzQ5MDI4MTkzMDU2MDA2MTUyP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTAxMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjYwNzEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCl_9VMcCYMNlO0VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). [Some mused](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TUaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9kYXZlZm9ycGFya3Mvc3RhdHVzLzEzNDkxNDc0ODY0NDM2MzA1OTI_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNjA3MSZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00OTQ3NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKX_1UxwJgw2U7RVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) on Twitter that relationship quirks should be respected. “Completely stunned and amazed that this happened in Canada and not here in the US,”[added one American](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9CZXJrZWxleUdpcmw2My9zdGF0dXMvMTM0OTA2NjU0NTY0MTY0ODEyOD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2MDcxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQ5NDc0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpf_VTHAmDDZTtFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). The couple are apparently not alone in their revolt. Some people reportedly flouted a lockdown last year in Spain by walking stuffed animals or pet tortoises. 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Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in [Quebec](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP4QOAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWdsb2JlYW5kbWFpbC5jb20vY2FuYWRhL2FydGljbGUtZG96ZW5zLW9mLXBlb3BsZS1wcm90ZXN0aW5nLXF1ZWJlYy1jdXJmZXctZmluZWQtZm9yLXZpb2xhdGluZy1pdC1vbi0yLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2MDcxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQ5NDc0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpf_VTHAmDDZTtFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), [Ontario](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP4QRAWh0dHBzOi8vd2luZHNvci5jdHZuZXdzLmNhL3dpbmRzb3ItcG9saWNlLWlzc3VlLWNoYXJnZXMtdW5kZXItdGhlLXJlb3BlbmluZy1vbnRhcmlvLWFjdC1hZnRlci1kb3dudG93bi1wcm90ZXN0LTEuNTI2MjM0Mj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2MDcxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQ5NDc0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpf_VTHAmDDZTtFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), [British Columbia](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP4QNAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNiYy5jYS9uZXdzL2NhbmFkYS9icml0aXNoLWNvbHVtYmlhL2FudGktbWFzay1wcm90ZXN0LWluLWtlbG93bmEtYi1jLW5ldHMtb3JnYW5pemVyLTItMzAwLWZpbmUtMS41ODY3NzI4P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTAxMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjYwNzEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCl_9VMcCYMNlO0VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and [Alberta](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly9nbG9iYWxuZXdzLmNhL25ld3MvNzUxODYyNS9hbGJlcnRhLWNvdmlkLXByb3Rlc3QtcmVzdHJpY3Rpb25zLWRlYy0xMi8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNjA3MSZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00OTQ3NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKX_1UxwJgw2U7RVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)in recent weeks. There were several anti-curfew protests across Quebec last weekend — shortly after the curfew was first imposed — and the police handed out 750 tickets across the province, where fines can be as high as $6,000. In Windsor, Ontario, [police said](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TyaHR0cHM6Ly93aW5kc29ycG9saWNlLmNhL25ld3Nyb29tL25ld3MtdXBkYXRlL2phbnVhcnkvUGFnZXMvSmFudWFyeS0xNC0yMDIxLVVwZGF0ZS0xLmFzcHg_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNjA3MSZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00OTQ3NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKX_1UxwJgw2U7RVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) four people had been summoned to appear in court following a [demonstration against new pandemic restrictions](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP4QUAWh0dHBzOi8vd2luZHNvci5jdHZuZXdzLmNhL2ZvdXItcGVvcGxlLXRvLWFwcGVhci1pbi1jb3VydC1hZnRlci13aW5kc29yLXByb3Rlc3QtYWdhaW5zdC1uZXctY292aWQtMTktcmVzdHJpY3Rpb25zLTEuNTI2NjU3Nj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2MDcxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQ5NDc0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpf_VTHAmDDZTtFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) on Thursday. And in late December, in Edmonton and Calgary, hundreds of protesters [demonstrated against rules](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly9nbG9iYWxuZXdzLmNhL25ld3MvNzUxODYyNS9hbGJlcnRhLWNvdmlkLXByb3Rlc3QtcmVzdHJpY3Rpb25zLWRlYy0xMi8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNjA3MSZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00OTQ3NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKX_1UxwJgw2U7RVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)that some argued impeded personal freedoms. A demonstration against the government’s measures in Montreal on Sunday.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press While the protests have so far been scattered and relatively small, they nevertheless underline the cognitive dissonance when it comes to the pandemic. A state of denial seems particularly acute in some quarters in Quebec, my fun-loving, extroverted home province, and the pandemic’s epicenter. As of Friday morning, the 8,878 people who have died from Covid-19 in Quebec accounted for more than half of the country’s total 17,538 deaths. 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Quebec is hardly alone in experiencing a coronavirus surge. This week, Ontario, the country’s largest province, also ratcheted up restrictions with a somewhat [confusing stay-at-home order.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2JjLmNhL25ld3MvY2FuYWRhL3Rvcm9udG8vb250YXJpby1jb3ZpZC0xOS1zdGF5LWF0LWhvbWUtb3JkZXItbG9ja2Rvd24tMS41ODcyNTIxP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTAxMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjYwNzEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCl_9VMcCYMNlO0VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) For example, critics point out that while Ontario premier Doug Ford said that people should only go out to buy essential things like groceries and to exercise, the regulations allow all stores to remain open if they use curbside pickup or delivery. Quebec’s curfew has turned Montreal, a usually [swaggering, cosmopolitan city](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8wMy8wNS93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvbW9udHJlYWwtZnJlbmNoLWVuZ2xpc2gtZGl2aWRlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNjA3MSZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00OTQ3NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKX_1UxwJgw2U7RVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), into a ghost town. In my bourgeois-bohemian [Plateau-Mont-Royal neighborhood](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TuaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wMi8xOS93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvbW9udHJlYWwtcXVlYmVjLWZyZW5jaC1pbi1jYW5hZGEuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2MDcxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQ5NDc0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpf_VTHAmDDZTtFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), which is brimming with hipster cafes and restaurants, the streets have largely been deserted after 8 p.m., save the sight of dog walkers (leading dogs of the furry variety). 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At the state liquor store near my house, people at noon were already lining up to buy champagne on New Year’s Eve. But the mood was somber, and several people in line told me that they planned to spend a quiet night at home, playing board games. Some Canadians have been finding pandemic solace in pets, a dynamic observed [across the world](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMy8xOS91cy9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1mb3N0ZXItcGV0cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTAxMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjYwNzEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCl_9VMcCYMNlO0VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). In New York, applications for fostering pets exploded last spring. In March, during a partial lockdown in Spain, when dog walking was considered an essential outing, one wily man repeatedly tried to[rent out his dogs on Facebook](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP4QsAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnJldXRlcnMuY29tL2FydGljbGUvdXMtaGVhbHRoLWNvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXNwYWluLXF1YXJhbnRpbmUvd2hvLWxldC10aGUtZG9ncy1vdXQtYS1mZXctc3BhbmlhcmRzLWRlZnktY29yb25hdmlydXMtbG9ja2Rvd24taWRVU0tCTjIxQzM5NT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2MDcxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQ5NDc0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpf_VTHAmDDZTtFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) so that people could walk them, before being sanctioned by the police. Many Montrealers seem to be escaping the claustrophobia of confinement and curfew by doing winter sports. On a recent Sunday, dozens of families and friends were tobogganing on the city’s picturesque Beaver Lake. It was heartening to see people having fun but alarming that so many were not obeying social distancing rules. As for me, I have been escaping my curfew doldrums by going on urban photography safaris and shooting photographs of my neighborhood. I also do some high-octane kettle bell workouts and a cardio video routine that includes Irish dancing. The pandemic has engendered a certain Hitchcockian voyeurism since we are all stuck at home. I shudder to think what my neighbors across the street must think when they see a 40-something man through their third-floor windows, at eye level with mine, wildly jumping around his apartment. Trans Canada Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, leaving her home in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday to attend a hearing.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press, via Associated Press - This week, I reported on [the lavish lifestyle](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMS8xNC93b3JsZC9jYW5hZGEvY2FuYWRhLW1lbmctaHVhd2VpLWRldGVudGlvbi5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTUwJmVtYz1lZGl0X2NuZGFfMjAyMTAxMTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjYwNzEmbmw9Y2FuYWRhLWxldHRlciZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NDk0NzQmc21pZD10dy1zaGFyZSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKX_1UxwJgw2U7RVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) of the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted on fraud charges in the United States and is out on $10 million bail at her gated, seven-bedroom mansion in Vancouver. Her art lessons, massages and private shopping trips are a stark contrast to the difficult conditions of two Canadians imprisoned in China. - [Kathleen Heddle](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TlaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMS8xMy9zcG9ydHMvb2x5bXBpY3Mva2F0aGxlZW4taGVkZGxlLWRlYWQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD01MCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9jbmRhXzIwMjEwMTE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI2MDcxJm5sPWNhbmFkYS1sZXR0ZXImcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTQ5NDc0JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpf_VTHAmDDZTtFUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), who won three Olympic gold medals rowing for Canada in the 1990s, died on Monday at her home in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was 55. - The Times’s section highlighting wedding vows recently [featured](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRh5UxUP0TUaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMS8wOC9zdHlsZS9tYXJyaWVkLWFsb25lLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NTAmZW1jPWVkaXRfY25kYV8yMDIxMDExNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNjA3MSZubD1jYW5hZGEtbGV0dGVyJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD00OTQ3NCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKX_1UxwJgw2U7RVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) a decidedly Canadian wedding. Erica Ingraham and Adam Koster had a brief ceremony at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada, in below-zero temperatures. Then they snowboarded away as husband and wife. Dan Bilefsky is a Canada correspondent for The New York Times, based in Montreal. He was previously based in London, Paris, Prague and New York. 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