Written by Emma Loops of the CBC on the 20th of August, 2025. Below is not the full article.

“'I hit the sand, drugged my ‘yak up on the sand, geared up, went across the road to Timmies, had a cup of coffee [and] calmed down a little bit,’ Dan Livers said Monday.”

"LaSalle police said they had transferred him to the RCMP. The national police force, which is responsible for border security outside official ports of entry, confirmed Livers’s identity to CBC News.

The RCMP then brought Livers to Canadian border officials. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) declined to comment on the specific case, citing privacy rules.

But Livers says he has applied for refugee protections and has been granted a temporary status in Canada. He says he fears for his life back home, and that’s why he crossed in a kayak — not at an official border crossing.

‘I remember East Germany when I was a kid,’ he said. “Nobody came through Checkpoint Charlie and I wasn’t gonna run the gauntlet of ICE, sheriff’s department, state police, whomever.'”

"For now, he’s staying at the Downtown Mission, a shelter in Windsor’s core, and says his experience in Canada has been great so far. He misses his dog Orthos and the friend who’s caring for him, though.

He knows getting refugee protection will be hard, but says he’s up for the challenge.

‘I just don’t want to get killed and I hate looking over my shoulder,’ he said. ‘I promise I’ll do everything I can to be a good Canadian and I will defend your border, I swear.’"

Dude’s first stop into Canada was to get timmies. I think he passed the citizenship test.