When an American man first set foot in Canada after paddling across the border in a kayak earlier this month, his first stop was none other than Tim Hortons, he says.

"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.

Livers, 51, made headlines two weeks ago when police in the town of LaSalle, Ont., said they found him at around 1 a.m. trying to illegally enter the country. They said they handed him over to federal authorities, but didn't release his name, and it was unclear what happened to him after that.

Dan Livers, an American man who kayaked to Canada in early August, is seen in Windsor, Ont., on Aug. 18, 2025. (Mike Evans/CBC)

Now, he's in Windsor and telling

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