Fire forces Puvirnituq, Que., to declare state of emergency as water shortage continues

The cognitive dissonance begins from above. The stunning aquiline waters and jagged Cuban coastline of Guantánamo Bay come into view, and our plane makes a dramatic arc before landing on the US naval base that Amnesty International dubbed “the gulag of our times.” Of the 123 people on board, 107 of us are here to watch the military prosecution of the five men the Pentagon says planned, funded, and executed the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,977 people. We’re ranked by group. Journalists like me are at the back, near the plane’s washrooms. In front of us are law students,...