Bert Tatham, who worked advising farmers of alternatives to poppies, works in a poppy field in Afghanistan.
Three Canadians imprisoned in Dubai, United Arab Emirates will be spending the holidays with their loved ones after being pardoned by the ruler there.
Sheik Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued an amnesty order on Monday for 377 inmates to mark the Eid al-Adha Islamic festival.
One of those Canadians is Bert Tatham, 35. The other two Canadians freed have not been identified.