This past Sunday, some morons boarded the Tall Ship Silva, Raised a Sail, and released all but one of her lines. That Last line, eventually broke, and she was spotted drifing by pier 21 when a tug was dispatched.  Looks Like Halifax has a Case of piracy –  from the Criminal Code of Canada Piracy

Piracy by law of nations

• 74. (1) Every one commits piracy who does any act that, by the law of nations, is piracy.
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  Punishment

  (2) Every one who commits piracy while in or out of Canada is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life.
• R.S., c. C-34, s. 75;
• 1974-75-76, c. 105, s. 3.

Piratical acts

75. Every one who, while in or out of Canada,
• (a) steals a Canadian ship,
• (b) steals or without lawful authority throws overboard, damages or destroys anything that is part of the cargo, supplies or fittings in a Canadian ship,
• (c) does or attempts to do a mutinous act on a Canadian ship, or
• (d) counsels a person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c),
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
• R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 75;
• R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 7.
Bellow: Silva, When not adrift