Marineland, the now-closed amusement park and zoo in Niagara Falls, Ont., has applied for permits with the federal government to export all 30 of its belugas, according to a federal government official who is familiar with the file.

There are shocking proposals, dramatic proposals, and heartfelt proposals. There are proposals where the couple is in private, and ones that are performed on a Jumbotron in a sports stadium. There are proposals that occur only in writing, and some that ...