Two Edmonton convenience store clerks shot dead in robberies - 2 nd Update

The National Post is reporting that two convenience store clerks at a Macs in Edmonton were shot dead during a robbery 3:30 AM Friday. Three male suspects are in custody, ages 26, 24 and 13. All have records and all are prohibited from possessing firearms.

Update: The Edmonton Journal is reporting that the two clerks who were shot dead were shot and two different Macs stores. Bizarre. Colton Steinhauer, 27, and Laylin Delorme, 24 as well as a 13 year old boy have each been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Update: The National Post is reporting that "The Honda Element that was used in the killings of two Edmonton Mac’s employees was stolen from a Sherwood Park home five days earlier, in a violent home invasion during which a woman says she was bound, choked, repeatedly hit and threatened with a sledgehammer."

Port Coquitlam Shooting

CBC is confirming a Scan BC report that a man was shot at Shaughnessy St & Wilson Ave in Port Coquitlam 10:30 PM Friday night. Scan BC is also reporting that a man was stabbed multiple times at the Turf in Surrey. No big surprise there.

Chilliwack drug bust

The Chilliwack Progress is reporting that: "The RCMP had a busy Tuesday rounding up suspects and seizing firearms, property and illegal drugs as part of an extensive police investigation. Police from the Chilliwack RCMP Crime Reduction Unit supported by officers of the Crime Prevention Office, Serious Crime Unit, Traffic Services, General Duty and Agassiz General Investigation Section executed five separate Controlled Drug and Substance Act search warrants in Chilliwack. The warrants contained evidence gathered during a four month investigation into a ‘Dial a Dope’ organization operating from two locations within the city."

"Five people were arrested and police seized a large quantity of cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, chemicals used in the production of methamphetamine, heroin, material believed by police to be for packaging of product, several firearms, thousands of dollars in cash, luxury cars and Kevlar vests."

Police say they seized a large quantity of cocaine, crack and crystal meth but no amount is mentioned and there sure isn't very much on display in the picture. Nevertheless, the logic is sound. Going after crack and crystal meth will prevent violent crime. This is crime prevention. However, one has to wonder, if the Chilliwack RCMP is going to all that effort to investigate and arrest crack and crystal meth dealers in dial a dope operations, why on earth is the Surrey RCMP letting them sell crack in public outside the Front Room in Whalley? Something doesn't sound right and it begins with Bill Fordy. He's too busy doing other things then to worry about preventing violent crime. Perhaps that's why he's in that position.

Dump the Trump

The Vancouver Province is reporting that "Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is urging a developer to drop Donald Trump’s name from a downtown tower project, saying the U.S. presidential hopeful’s 'hateful positions' have no place in the city." Three cheers. Donald Trump's racism isn't welcome in Vancouver. First he hated on all Latinos, then he hated on all Muslims. Who's next? One concerned citizen form North Vancouver wrote in to the Vancouver Province after Trump wanted to ban all Muslims from entering the United States and said Donald's Trump's attack on the constitution reminded him of that famous poem about the war:

"First they came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak up." How true.

More Mountie Misconduct

Front page of today's Vancouver Province is another sad saga of Mountie Misconduct. You guessed it, more sexual misconduct allegations that basically repeat Trailrunners first hand observations which reveals the climate of unprofessionalism that permeates the force. If this happened once in a while we could understand that people are human. The thing is, it happens all the time and is condoned by management. As long as Bill Fordy and Craig Callen are involved nothing will change. When are they going to charge Bill Fordy and Jim Brown? They won't. That's why nothing will change. They have no desire to.

Sean William Doak pleads guilty to conspiracy

Castanet is reporting that "A Canadian man pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Monday for his involvement in a ring that used low-flying helicopters to smuggle cocaine and marijuana across the U.S. border in 2008 and 2009. Sean William Doak entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Seattle after fighting extradition for years.Investigators say the conspiracy was headed by Colin Hugh Martin, who has yet to be brought to the U.S. to face prosecution."

Previously it was reported that Drug trafficker Colin Martin who's helicopter had been used by the Hells Angels to smuggle drugs, claimed to have the “ability to control 70 percent of the work that comes out of B.C. and what comes into B.C.” He admitted to reporting other cross border drug smugglers to American Drug Enforcement Agents. In exchange they let him keep operating for 10 years. Colin was ordered to be extradited in 2014 but nothing has happened yet.

Surrey Drive by

The Vancouver Province is reporting that "Police are asking witnesses to help identify a vehicle that may be connected to a shooting that occurred Monday in Surrey. Around 11:40 a.m. on Monday in the Surrey neighbourhood of Newton, a black Audi Q7 was spotted fleeing the scene of a shooting near the 12700-block 37B Avenue. Surrey RCMP investigators believe the shooting was targeted and is linked to a conflict in the street level drug trade."

Toronto Shootings

Two shootings in Toronto. The National Post is reporting that "Four guests at a northwest Toronto baby shower were wounded in a shooting outside the party on Saturday evening, police say. The pregnant woman at the shower fell during the melee and was taken to hospital as a precaution."

Joel Alexander died in hospital after being shot in a drive by targeted shooting Friday afternoon.

4 out of 9 Bikers shot dead in Wacko brawl were shot by police

Wacotrib.com is reporting that "Four of the nine people killed in a melee between rival biker gangs outside a Twin Peaks restaurant were struck by the same caliber of rifle fired by Waco police... Two of the four dead had wounds from only that kind of rifle; the other two were shot by other kinds of guns as well. The ballistics reports show that the rest of the people killed were shot by a variety of other guns." So the results are in.

The Bikers were claiming they were innocent victims of a police genocide. However, the evidence paints a different picture. The Bandidos and the Cossacks had a history of violence. The Bandidos are rivals of the Hells Angels and claim ownership of Texas. The Cossacks are a puppets club of the Hells Angels. A fight broke out, someone was stabbed. The fight went into the parking lot where guns came out and people were shot. The police opened fire. According to the New York Times, eight of the nine victims were members of the Cossacks. One was with the Bandidos. So it's still about the Hells Angels attempt to take over the drug trade.

Trinity Western University wins court ruling

CTV is reporting that "An evangelical Christian university under fire across the country for forbidding sexual intimacy outside of heterosexual marriage has secured a decisive legal victory in its effort to open a law school in British Columbia. B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson ruled in favour of Trinity Western University, reversing a B.C. Law Society decision to deny accreditation for graduates of its proposed law school who want to practise in the province." The Nova Scotia law society were ordered to pay damages for their breach.

The Chief Justice wrote that “the evidence in this case and the relevant precedents conclusively establish that the decision does infringe the petitioners’ Charter right to freedom of religion,” which the Law Society failed to properly consider. No kidding. The BCTF tried to the same thing and were unsuccessful. The Law Society knew their decision was illegal but they proceeded unilaterally nonetheless. There are numerous Catholic Universities and law schools in the United States. They are all accredited. If you don't agree with their standards go somewhere else but don't rob their of their civil liberties. Adopting a single state religion is as bad as banning religion altogether. Both roads lead to the same place.