A French citizen will appear in Richmond provincial court Tuesday to face charges of human smuggling.

Although it's not yet clear whether Tuesday's fatal capsizing of a yacht off the coast of Nova Scotia was a failed attempt to smuggle illegal immigrants into Canada, there is no doubt that human smuggling is a booming business and Canada a favoured destination for migrants and refugees of all kinds.

With help from a sniffer dog, border officers at the Calgary airport discovered almost 60 kilograms of khat that was being smuggled in from the United Kingdom on Monday.