Suspect stabbing people in the DTES shot dead by police

CBC is reporting that "Police say they shot and killed a man in the middle of a stabbing rampage on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside after he refused to drop his knife and began stabbing a woman right in front of them." The video confirms their account which has been posted by CTV.

The Vancouver Province reported that the police responded to a call about a man stabbing people outside First United in East Vancouver. Police fond a man with a knife on the scene, fired a bean bag at him which caused him to drop the knife. Then while police have their guns drawn he picks up the knife and runs over to stab another woman so they shoot him dead. Case closed.

However, there's a bit more to the story. The National Post interviewed the witness who dialed 911. He recently moved to the area from Houston Texas and said “He went crazy and started stabbing people, it was pretty scary.” What the visitor from Texas didn't realize is that kind of thing happens there every day. Tourists often stumble into the area straying from Gastown which is a nice area very close by. Main and Hastings is of course a public drug market that tourists refer to as the Zombie Apocalypse. It remains the perfect example of a failed social experiment.

First United is where many homeless congregate because they offer some meals and sometimes shelter. These are the people the drug dealers exploit. There are a huge number of people in the DTES with mental health issues because they closed Riverview and cut back social programs for the mentally ill. Instead they put them on the street and hand out free crack pipes so they can be self medicated by the predatory drug dealers who give them crack for free then beat the life out of them for payment. It is the epitome of exploitation.

To make matters worse, the City closed the local police station just down the street to public access. That means if a woman is being chased by a stalker with a knife they have nowhere to run. I spoke to a woman in the DTES who said if she was being chased by a stalker she would run outside the police station because they had cameras out front and the stalker would leave her alone because he didn't want to be filmed attacking her. Now they have no place to go. Oh all they have to do is dial 911. The homeless don't have cell phones. It's not the police's fault, it's City Hall's fault for trying to suppress crime statistics and our fault for letting them do it.

Dead body found outside UBC president’s home

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that the dead body of a male in his 50's or 60's was found on the property of the UBC president’s home on campus. The deceased may have been homeless and the police are calling the death suspicious. CBC is reporting that the body was not found near the residence, but somewhere further away in the grounds and that the cause of death has yet to be determined. Very strange.

Another Shooting in Surrey

While Linda Hepner was out to lunch the Surrey Now is reporting that yet another shooting occurred this morning in the 11700-block of 96th Avenue. Linda Hepner said not to worry it's just low level crime. She's a low level criminal for not arresting the drug dealers that are shooting each other over the profits to be made from unfettered public drug dealing.

Linda Hepner is out to lunch

I haven't trashed Linda Heprner since her election because that's like shooting fish in a barrel. We all knew she was an airhead before she was elected and guess what? She was elected. Who's the bigger fool? The fool or the fool that votes for the fool. Dianne Watts, she had us fooled but Linda Hepner, we should have known better. Dianne Watts promised us the world with regards to crime prevention and delivered nothing.

Residents repeatedly complained about an illegal booze can behind Green timbers pub and city hall did nothing. Residents said are you going to wait until someone gets shot? That they did. Their inaction resulted in yet another shooting just like their refusal to arrest drug dealers in Newton despite residents and businesses ongoing complaints. A big shout out to the Surrey Fire Fighters for that nice pamphlet endorsing Surrey's Worst pretending they would be good on crime. Liars.

When the 11th and 12th shooting in 30 days occurred in Surrey Linda Hepner was out of town on another tax paid junket. When she finally came back from her junket the airhead said I'm not the sheriff. Just like Dianne Watts when a teenage girl wrote her complaining about drug dealers in her trailer park. Dianne Watts said gee that's too bad. The landlords should rent to drug dealers. Maybe the police should arrest the drug dealers when residents file complaints? Wouldn't that be novel? Instead of arresting drug dealers Linda Hepner is too busy taking down vote no signs on the Translink tax and spend referendum. That is illegal. No Translink Tax Website

Vancouver oil spill

CBC is reporting that Vancouver's beaches have been made no-go areas after toxic fuel leaked into the waters of English Bay on Wednesday afternoon. It appears to be fuel from a grain ship.



The political posturing around this disaster is disgusting. The Mayor of Vancouver is blaming the Federal and Provincial government and Christy airhead is blaming the coast guard. The coast guard? Really? They are in charge of oil spills now? We better tell them and equip them whith all this increased tanker traffic in such a small inlet. Why did Stephen Harper just close down a Vancouver coast Guard station in Vancouver? Fire him.

Vatican hit with two scandals

Two bizarre scandals involving the Vatican have hit the media in Europe. The Independent is reporting that a north Italian priest has been removed from office after allegations emerged that he had been surfing the internet to find gay lovers and had been involved in gay orgies.

"In these online interactions, the priest admitted to sexual relationships with other religious figures – as well as members of the Vatican’s elite Swiss Guard – using the internet to find new partners and engage in sexual encounters online. Following the involvement of Archbishop of Taranto Filippo Santoro, the individual involved was immediately removed from office, once the “reliability of the facts” had been established." The Independent also reported that four were arrested after the police busted a gay prostitution ring in the Vatican back in 2010. There were similar allegations in 2013. A former commander of the Swiss Guard made similar allegations in 2014. No offense but I did always wonder about those outfits.

Meanwhile, "Father Gratien Alabi, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, is under investigation for murder following the discovery of female bones under the flagstones of an ancient mountain chapel. The bones are anticipated to belong to Guerrina Piscaglia, 50, who disappeared from nearby Arezzo in Tuscany last year, The Times reported. The case has generated intense media interest, with some papers claiming that Father Alabi had engaged in an affair with the woman, a parishioner of his and another priest’s church, and fathered a child with her. Pretty bizarre allegations. There's something about pictures of nude nuns as well. That's pretty sacrilegious.



Locally Metro News is reporting that A former Saskatchewan hockey coach has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting young boys. Ryan Chamberlin, who is 39, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of sexual assault and one count of child luring. Chamberlin was a hockey coach in several southwest Saskatchewan communities. He had also helped coach a volleyball team at Centennial Elementary School in Swift Current in fall of 2014.

Here's my point. Just because a hockey coach sexually molests young boys, that doesn't mean that hockey is bad, just that particular coach. Likewise within the church. Although the amount of religious hypocrisy is rampant in the church and is one of the reasons I believe in God but am not dogmatic, it doesn't mean God is bad. If someone who makes a promise to serve God breaks that promise, that's not God's fault. Mother Teresa was an amazing person who walked the walk. No amount of religious hypocrisy will ever change that.

Kamloops woman burned to death in Wiccan ritual

The Vancouver Province is reporting that a Kamloops woman was discovered on fire by emergency responders just after 2 a.m. on Tuesday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze but the 40-year-old died in hospital a few hours later. Police initially suspected suicide, but BC Coroners Service investigators believe the death was accidental. According to posts on Facebook, Carr’s death was the result of a pagan ritual gone wrong.

The National post is reporting that a Heather Carr suffered a fiery death in a supposed pagan ritual “gone horrifically wrong.” They claim she was active among Wiccan groups on social media, operating a Facebook group called Being Pagan Out of the Broom Closet. A post on that page said Carr died as a result of “severe burns suffered in a ritual gone horrifically wrong.”

CBC is reporting that Heather was trapped in a rock structure which was on fire in Riverside Park in the early morning hours of March 31.

Easter Shootings in North Delta

The Surrey Leader is reporting that there were two shootings in North Delta last night.

Furious 7

Fast and Furious 7 is out. They've shortened the tittle to Furious 7 perhaps so it won't be confused with the ATF Black Op that sold guns to the Mexican cartel and brought back tons of cocaine into the US as payment. This episode rocks. Jumping out of an airplane in cars is pretty creative. It ends with a nice tribute to Paul Walker. Life does not end at death. Ride hard, Die free. Even Vin Diesel says never threaten a man's family. See you on the other side.

Easter Snow

Well this was a pleasant surprise. We finally got some sunshine today so I went to Cypress and hiked up sky chair. I was rather shocked to see snow on the side of the road since this season has been a complete failure on the west coast and the local ski hills have been bare since January. The east coast is getting nailed with snow which usually happens when we get an el nino but our ski season this year just didn't happen.



Today there was two inches of fresh snow at the base and the higher you climbed the more fresh snow - four inches, six, then eight at the top. I know it doesn't seem like much but it was a nice surprise since the hills have been completely bare for so long. There is nothing that symbolizes a fresh start more than a fresh snowfall. It was as U2 described, a beautiful day.



I had an old friend send me an e-mail saying he was sitting in church thinking about me and asked if I went to church for Easter this year. Nope I said. I'm heading up to the mountains. That's my church now. It helps me keep things in perspective. Thanks for asking I said and reminded him he's not supposed to be on his phone at church. Today's pilgrimage was very peaceful.







Just for the record, I never said my kids were minors. I always say they are all grown up now and they most certainly don't contribute to the blog. Up until recently they had no idea I did the blog. My daughter doesn't want me doing it and my son is petrified of it. He doesn't understand it because he has absolutely no desire to have anything to do with that lifestyle at all and cannot comprehend those who do. All his friends make fun of Surrey Jacks like everyone else does. What I did say is that only a piece of sh*t threatens to harm someone's daughter and that is true. History has recorded that. It is what it is and we are what we are. Circumstances don't make the man they reveal him to himself and the world. Peace.