Australian Snowboarder killed in avalanche on Whistler

Global is repporting that "An avalanche killed a snowboarder within the Whistler Blackcomb ski areaThursday. The resort confirmed a 42-year-old woman from New South Wales, Australia was caught in an avalanche along with her 36-year-old male companion in a permanently closed area above Lakeside Bowl on Blackcomb Mountain. The couple survived the avalanche and managed to contact first responders, who rushed the female to the Whistler Health Care Centre. Emergency Health Services confirmed they received a report of a patient enroute to Whistler Health Care Centre just before 2:30 p.m. The woman later died from her injuries. The male was later rescued from the area and is believed to be in stable condition."

The woman was from Australia. "The slide came on the same day that Avalanche Canada issued a warning for the South Coast and Vancouver Island due to a weak snowpack and the possibility of fresh snowfall on Friday." Avalanche Canada is urging people to carry essential rescue gear, including a transceiver, probe and shovel, and know how to use it.

A local snowshoer was killed by an avalanche in the back country on Seymour Monday.

Early morning shooting in Courtenay

CTV is reporting that "Police are on scene at a Courtenay apartment complex, where gunfire rang out early Thursday morning, and a man is believed to have been shot in the upper, inner thigh of his left leg. Kylee Cordocedo lives across from the Park Place Apartment on Fitzgerald Avenue. She tells CTV News her brother heard a gunshot at 6:30 a.m. He alerted her to the noise and she ran out of her home, and discovered a man on the ground outside the apartment complex, bleeding profusely." Neighbors are not surprised it happened.

Kamloops shooters charged

Tim Petruk is reporting that "Two alleged Kamloops gangsters were charged Wednesday with murder and attempted murder in connection with a deadly shooting last week in Brocklehurst - the latest in a string of violent incidents linked to a power vacuum at the top of the city’s drug trade. Gordie Wayne Braaten and Hugh Alexander McIntosh are each facing charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder after a shooting last Friday that killed 39-year-old Jason Glover and injured 50-year-old Kelly Callfas."

"As of noon Wednesday, Braaten and McIntosh remain at large."

Drug war rocks Kamloops because the Gang Task Force is useless.

Double stabbing outside Delta elementary school

CBC is reporting that "A woman and an off-duty police officer have been taken to hospital in "serious to critical" condition after they were stabbed in front of an elementary school in Delta, B.C. Wednesday afternoon. In a statement, Delta police said an altercation broke out between a man and a woman in front of Immaculate Conception Elementary School at about 3:05 p.m.

Police say an off-duty officer intervened and was stabbed in the scuffle, along with the woman. B.C. Emergency Health Services says two patients were taken to hospital in "serious to critical condition. Police have a suspect in custody but say the scene remains active. No children are believed to have been harmed, police said."

Outside an elementary school. You are a f*cking idiot.

Update: CBC is reporting that "49-year-old Manoj George of Delta, is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of assault with a weapon."

Michael Smyth is still peddling the ICBC Fraud

Harold Munro's cheap tabloid of corporate trash is reporting that "Attorney-General David Eby plans to make more than $1 billion of ICBC losses disappear this year." AYFKM? ICBC has been breaking even. The BC Liberals extracted a $1.3 billion dividend from ICBC to balance Christy Clark's fake fudgeit budget. If there was no dividend, there would be no deficit.

Everyone knows that. The fact that Michael Smyth and Harold Munro are still peddling the fraud goes way beyond a credibility meltdown. It crosses over into the realm of a criminal act. Back in the day, if a newspaper printed something false they would do their due diligence and print a retraction. Not now. Now when the cheap tabloid posts something false they reprint it on the front page hoping that if they repeat the same lie enough times someone out there will actually believe it. I sure as hell don't. This credibility meltdown is heartbreaking.

WTF are you doing? Prostituting your principles for pennies? Have you no self respect? Journalism used to be a noble career. This isn't journalism. This is defamation with malicious intent. Harold Munro's cheap tabloid of corporate trash is worthless.

Snowshoer found dead on Mount Seymour

The Canadian Press is reporting that "Searchers discovered the body of a missing snowshoer in avalanche debris on Vancouver's North Shore on Wednesday, two days after he was swept away. Peter Haigh of North Shore Search and Rescue says searchers made the discovery on Runner Peak, north of Mount Seymour. He says the BC Coroners Service will investigate the cause of death but the man appears to have suffered trauma when the avalanche hit. The mother of the 39-year-old Surrey, B.C., snowshoer has identified him as Remi Michalowski."

My condolences to the family. His companion was swept into some trees by the avalanche and was rescued Monday. I'm having a hard time visualizing the trail to Runner's Peak. They say it's in the saddle between 2nd and 3rd peak but I thought the trail to Mt Elsay was just before 1st peak. It's a summer trail. I've been to 3rd peak lots but I've never been to Runners Peak.

Spraying launches butterfly and bird genocide in Surrey

Harold Munro's cheap tabloid of corporate trash is pushing the butterfly and song bird genocide in Surrey by promoting the areal spraying for Gypsy moths. "Tessa Nendick, who lives at the Dogwood Campgrounds and RV Park that is within the area with her fiance and their two-month-old son, said as a new mom, she is concerned. 'I’m not crazy about certain things being sprayed,' she said. But, You have to ask yourself, Do the moths cause more problems than the pesticide?"

Well let's do the math. What kind of damage do gypsy moths do? They eat some leaves. Oh really? What kind of damage does the BTK spraying do? It kills all the butterflies, moths and caterpillars in that area which effects all the other living organisms that feed off of them: song birds, owls, bats you name it. They spray the pesticide and the songbird feeds it's baby a poisoned caterpillar and the baby song bird dies. Why do we waist our time doing butterfly releases when we then turn around and kill them all? Individual gypsy moth traps work fine.

Gypsy moths are not the problem pine beetles are. The pine beetles effect the forestry industry and increase the chance of forest fires. How do we solve the pine beetle problem? It's pretty easy. When we replant a forest after a clear cut or forest fire we plant cedar and fir trees instead of pine trees. Problem solved. All these toxic pesticides are bad for humans and destroy the ecosystem that humans are connected to.

Another double shooting in Kamloops

CBC is reporting that "Two people have been hospitalized after a reported shooting in the Brocklehurst neighbourhood of Kamloops, B.C. B.C. Emergency Health Services spokesperson Shannon Miller said paramedics received a call about a shooting just before 4 p.m. PT on Friday. According to Miller, paramedics transported one person in serious condition and one person in critical condition to hospital."

Kamloops this Week is reporting that "Police said on the weekend that, given the string of violent incidents in Kamloops in recent weeks — including the shooting deaths of two men in January, a kidnapping and robbery on Feb. 13 and the shooting of a man and woman on Feb. 15 — Ferrier’s reported disappearance had them concerned."

Earlier this month CFJC Today reported that 31 year old Blake Bernhard was arrested a few blocks away from the scene of yet another shooting, and is currently facing charges related to the breach of previous gun-related conditions.

Last month there were Two fatal shootings in Kamloops.

Polar on Netflix

I just saw Polar on Netflix with a Danish actor named Mads Mikkelsen. Impressive. Mads is rock solid. I wonder why I haven't heard of him before. Evidently, he was in Rouge One.

Little Dog on CBC

I realize I'm a bit slow to pick up on things on TV until it hits Netflix but someone sent me a link to this Canadian TV show on CBC set in Newfoundland and I think the accents are pretty cool. Little Dog is a comedy about about a down on his luck boxer making a comeback. It's just finishing it's second season. I'm all for supporting Canadian talent so I am. Cheers.