Post Media News continues to slash and burn

The grip of the Corporate Media Monopoly continues to tighten as Post Media News continues to slash and burn the industry. CBC is reporting that "Postmedia says it is closing down six community newspapers in Ontario and Alberta, and halting the print editions at three other papers in Manitoba and Ontario as it moves" to kill competition.

If they weren't so determined to kill their credibility, the industry would prosper. All they do is buyout news outlets and shut them down to maintain a monopoly on their corporate spin. Mark my word, there is a market for real news. The private sector can fill that void.

The Globe and Mail is reporting that "Black Press Group Inc. will begin printing the Calgary Sun newspaper this summer under an outsourcing agreement with Toronto-based Postmedia Network Inc., which will eliminate 52 positions as a result.

In May 2002 Fair dot org reported that: "A dispute between Canada’s largest media company and its journalists has put media concentration on the political agenda as seldom before. In January, organizations representing journalists across Canada called for a parliamentary inquiry into media concentration, especially at CanWest Global Communications. The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and the Quebec Federation of Professional Journalists (QFPJ) denounced actions of the media giant as a disturbing pattern of censorship and repression of dissenting views.” Post media News acquired Canwest July 2010. That made the bad situation worse.

November 2017 the Tyee reported that: Postmedia, Torstar Marching Toward Media Monopolies

It was really bad when Conrad Black was buying up all the news outlets and firing anyone that printed a labour friendly story. Now it is much worse.

Another Surrey shooting Monday night

The Daily Hive is reporting that "Surrey RCMP is warning the public of an investigation involving an assault with a weapon and shooting that occurred overnight. At approximately 11:26 pm on June 25, police responded to several calls from residents who reported hearing gunshots. Officers attended the scene and located an injured woman who had been assaulted and a man who was suffering from a gunshot wound inside of a residence. Both victims were taken to hospital. According to police, the suspect fled the scene before authorities arrived. Police believe this was a targetted incident and the victims were known to police. Police also say the victims and suspect are believed to be known to one another."

The Peace Arch News is reporting that "This is the third reported shooting in Cloverdale since Saturday, bringing the city’s shots-fired tally to 25 for 2018."

BC TV is reporting that "Police and fire crews responded to this torched van in a rural area of Langley on June 26, 2018." It may or may not have been related to the shooting.

Hells Angel charged with cocaine trafficking in New Brunswick

CBC is reporting that "A northwestern New Brunswick man, identified by RCMP as a longtime member of the Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gang, has become the 15th person to be arrested as part of an investigation into cocaine trafficking in the province. Emery Joseph Martin, 57, of Sainte-Anne-de-Madawaska was arrested Monday in his vehicle on the Trans-Canada Highway, near Rivière-Verte, around 9:30 a.m., Cpl. Jullie Rogers-Marsh said in a statement. Martin, known by the nickname Pit, appeared in Bathurst provincial court later in the day to face 10 drug-related charges" including cocaine trafficking.

May 1st City News reported that "A middle school science teacher with alleged Hells Angels ties has been charged with cocaine trafficking, shedding light on northern New Brunswick’s difficult struggle with outlaw motorcycle gangs and illicit drugs."

April 24th CBC reported that "In Quebec, police arrested at least 63 people on Tuesday, seizing cocaine, methamphetamine pills, firearms and $2.5 million in cash. Lapointe estimated the three large drug rings in Quebec have done about $10 million worth of business in the last eight months." The Hells Angels has a "monopoly" on cocaine and synthetic drug sales in Quebec.

Also in the News: Harley-Davidson's decision to shift some motorcycle production overseas because of tariffs it's facing in a trade dispute between the U.S. and the European Union.

Linda Hepner eradicates Surrey of Peacocks

Exterminating all the butterflies in Surrey isn't good enough for Linda Hepner. Before her term in office is over she's determined to eradicate all the peacocks (and Beavers) in Surrey now as well. The Calgary Herald is reporting that "The dozens of majestic-looking peacocks and the peahens that have called a Surrey neighbourhood home for more than 10 years are to be trapped and shipped to the pound. That was the recommendation of the city’s bylaw enforcement team – and approved by council on Monday night – who studied the Sullivan Heights neighbourhood where public safety operations manager Jas Rehal said the birds have been living since 2006. The corporate report noted that some residents would like the ostentation or muster of birds to remain where they are and others want them gone. Rehal said it’s about 50-50.”

"Rehal said city staff would trap birds on public land and residents will be provided with humane traps to catch the birds on their property and bylaw officers would pick them up. He said officers would have the authority to enter private property if necessary."

This is where Corporate Communism takes effect. The city plans to enter private property where land owners who want the birds to eradicate them. That is illegal. It's private property. They do not have the authoirty to enter private property without the home owners permission.

Roslyn Cassells was there with one local resident who is in favor of the peacocks living on his land. Global is reporting that "One neighbour doesn’t seem to mind. For the second year in a row, a peahen has laid eggs on Jerry Barr’s front doorstep and his family loves it. 'We moved into their neighbourhood,' he said. 'It’s like moving near an airport and complaining about the airport noise.'” Are they going to fine people for feeding birds and butterflies next?



Surrey council cost taxpayers more than $930,000 in 2017

Save our Surrey - Green Justice.

The Surrey Beaver Issue and the City of Parks.



Roslyn Cassells is reporting that "The city report approves trapping starting immediately, during the peacock breeding season. Peahens have fairly large broods and the chicks will die if their mother hen is trapped and removed." This is bad planning. The City has no right to tresspass on private property and they have no right fining people for putting up a bird feeder or a birdhouse.



Wildlife expert criticizes Surrey's plan to destroy peacock flock

Roslyn Cassells on the Linda Steele show

Roslyn Cassells on Breakfast Television

French Jogger crossed unmarked border at Whiterock beach detained by US Border Patrol for two weeks

Global is reporting that "A French teen who accidentally crossed the U.S. border while jogging on a beach in White Rock, B.C. is back in France after spending two weeks in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centre."

Her family was having a picnic on Whiterock beach during the Victoria Day long weekend. She went for a jog along the beach and unknowingly crossed the border because it was unmarked. Instead of sending her on her way, the border agents detained her for two weeks. That is insane. The United States is fastly becoming a third world country when it comes to human rights.

CBC posted a picture of the site. It is not marked. Detaining her at all was unlawful not to mention for two weeks. The US Constitution, like the Canadian Charter of Rights, guarantees certain unalienable rights. Oath Breakers claim the US Constitution is just for US Citizens but it does not say that. The Constitution says no state shall deny to any person within it's jurisdiction, equal protection of the law. The law states no one can be arrested without being charged with an offense. The law states that if charged with an offense you have the right to a fair and speedy trail and you have the right to legal representation. All of these fundamental rights are denied at the border so why on earth would I want to visit there?

As a Canadian I get treated better in Russia or China than at the US border. So what happened? Who trampled on the American flag? Civil servants in the United States swear an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies both foreign and domestic. Every American citizen pledges allegiance to the flag and the free republic for which it stands. That free republic is defined by the US Constitution. As Martin Luther King pointed out, if they do not honour it, what good is it? How does that promote tourism? I rather visit somewhere else. Just say'n.



At Peace Arch Park the border is well marked. Even then you are allowed to cross the line and return again without getting arrested. It's a park. As long as you don't go past customs you're fine. This girl did not go past customs and it was not marked. The border patrol was totally out of line trying to justify their existence. ICE are freaking Nazis.

Fatal shooting in Toronto

The Toronto Star is reporting that "Police are investigating after an overnight shooting in the city’s downtown core left one man dead. Toronto Paramedic Services responded to a call around 2:30 a.m. Monday in the Garden District, at the intersection of Sherbourne St. and Dundas St. E. The victim, a man described as being in his 30s to 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene."

" The fatal shooting comes less than 24 hours after three other fatal shooting incidents in the city. Jenas Nyarko, 31, was killed in a drive-by shooting in North York while she was sitting inside a car with three friends. According to Det. David Dickinson, a car drove by and someone inside fired a single shot at the vehicle, striking her. She was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where she later died. Nyarko was a shelter worker who had immigrated to Canada from Ghana in 2001. Around the same time on Sunday, two men were also shot and killed in Etobicoke, in the area of Lightwood Dr., near Kipling Ave. and Albion Rd. Police have not released any information regarding suspects."

Friend of Toronto woman fatally shot in drive-by shooting speaks out

Burning car with body inside found in Mississauga

CP 24 is reporting that "A man has been detained after emergency crews found a burning car with a body inside in an open lot in Mississauga on Sunday evening. Peel Regional Police say they were called to a field near some woods in the area of Dixie Road and Lakeshore Road East at 6:50 p.m. for a fire. Crews arrived to find a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Once firefighters doused the flames a deceased person was found inside the car. The identity of the deceased was not released. Police say they are treating the incident as a suspicious death. One man was detained in connection with the incident and he was interviewed by detectives."

Assassination attempt on Punjabi radio CEO Ashiana Khan in Surrey

The IndoCanadian Voice is reporting that "The Voice has learned that shots were fired at a Punjabi radio CEO late Saturday night while she was driving in Surrey. Ashiana Khan was driving alone when someone in a vehicle fired shots at her. Police arrived on the scene and towed her vehicle away. Khan is the CEO of Media Waves Communications that broadcasts out of Surrey. She had been handling many controversial talk shows that seemed to have angered some powerful people in the community."

In January 2018 Business Vancouver reported that "A former member of Simon Fraser University’s board of governors and a former director of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority are suing internet radio broadcaster Media Waves Communications Inc. and several others, claiming they were defamed in online postings and radio call-in shows that falsely accused them of misappropriating grant money doled out by the B.C. government."

Radio hosts Ashiana Khan was names as one of the defendants. The Surrey Docks are the ones trying to replace the Massey tunnel against the wishes of the residents of Richmond so they can dredge the Fraser and load more coal onto the ships from the Surrey Docks. Coal is not progressive. Natural gas is. Who runs the docks again? Please advise.

Ashiana also helped plan the recent gang violence rally at Surrey City Hall.

Nurse shot dead in Surrey Clayton Heights

The Peace arch News is reporting that "One man is dead after a shooting in Cloverdale on Saturday afternoon (June 23), in the 18200-block of 67A Avenue. At around 4 p.m., Surrey RCMP fielded a number of calls about shots fired in the Clayton area. When they arrived on scene, officers found a man with gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital, where he died." CBC is reporting that the victim was not know to the police. Global has pictures of the scene.

IHIT is confirming that 47-year-old Paul Bennett of Surrey was the victim of homicide. Paul was a nurse and minor hockey coach from Surrey. Neighbours had seen a small silver honda with two men parked in the neighbourhood for days before the shooting. Was he being pressured to steal fentanyl from the hospital and said no?

People First Organize LRT Symposium

People First Surrey organized a symposium on LRT at the Guildford Public library today. Daryl Dela Cruz from Skytrain for Surrey and Rajesh Jayaprakash from People First Surrey spoke against LRT in Surrey while Stuart Parker from Proudly Surrey and a former SFU student spoke for LRT in Surrey.

The young girl was polite and sincere. Her position was the more lanes you have the more traffic you have which was her rationalization for reverting a main road like 104th to a single lane of traffic. It's a romantic thought but it just isn't very realistic. Reverting the new Port Mann bridge to a single lane of traffic would be bad planning as is LRT on 104th.

Rajesh pointed out that this is an important decision that will effect the next 100 years. He said this isn't something we can change in ten years if it doesn't work. This is something we are going to be stuck with pernamenrly. 100 years from now there will be more traffic not less so as time goes on it will only get worse. Fixing this mistake now is crucial.

Hats off to Rajesh who invited the other side and let them have equal say. I like him. He is trustworthy. Stewart on the other hand came up with an analogy that basically said the federal and provincial government has already put up the money for LRT. To change it now to Skytrain would be childish which didn't sit well with the audience. I left shortly after that.

I saw Doug Elford from the Surrey Community Alliance there. I support Doug and I'm told his party, which has the backing of Bob Bose, opposes LRT. This is promising although I have yet to see anything in writing. The reason I like Rajesh from People First Surrey is because they put all their polices on paper. You know where they stand on the issues.