Conan Without Borders

Finally something worthwhile on Netflix. There's a new travel show with late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien called Conan Without Borders. First stop Cuba Si. Conan might not help with diplomatic relations but hopefully he will help people laugh.

Someone with a brain runs for the Peoples Party

It appears that Maxime Bernier's new political party, the People's Party of Canada, is running a candidate in the Burnaby-South byelection. Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson is a Christian blogger. She's done for. The new world order doesn't support the freedom of religion and the Canadian Charter of Rights. She has lost already by admitting that she is Christian. You'd think this was pre Constantine Rome. I am going to address how the MSM is misrepresenting her candidacy.

The MSM is billing her as a controversial anit SOGI activist but wait a minute SOGI sucks. Completely. Laura-Lynn says she disagrees with telling elementary school children there is no such thing as gender. Well so do I. Nobody wants a Gay, Lesbian or Transgender kid to be bullied or heaven forbid commit suicide. However, that's got nothing to do with telling young children there's no such thing as gender. That's simply bat sh*t crazy.

When you tell a young child there's no such thing as gender you are simply wrong because there is. Science declares there is such thing as gender. Science declares there is such thing as reproductive organs. Science declares there is such thing as sexual reproduction. If there was no such thing as gender you wouldn't need a sex change operation to change your gender.

"Maxime Bernier says his People's Party of Canada won't touch hot-button social issues such as abortion, transgender rights or gay marriage in its platform, but candidates can express their own opinions on those matters." Interesting. Free speech. What a concept.

Jennifer Clarke is a candidate for the People's Party of Canada in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection. When Maxime Bernier left the Conservatives and formed his own party I was somewhat cynical. However, there are somethings I agree with him on.

I will give him a platform and specify what I do and don't agree with. Most of what he says I agree with. However, I support a free republic. That means I believe in the previous American and French dream which has faltered in our new world of hate. Diversity makes us strong.



On that note, best of luck to Jagmeet Singh, the new leader of the federal NDP who is also running in the Burnaby byelection. I like him and he isn't even from Surrey. I am however, somewhat concerned about his position on legalizing all drugs. I firmly believe that is the wrong road and for that reason I simply cannot endorse or vote for him. If he found a place in his heart to change his position on that issue, I'd be like let's go team. Until that happens it's no deal.

Inside China's war on Islam

The Guardian is reporting that there's an internment camp where Muslim minorities, mainly Uighurs, are sent against their will and without trial for months or even years. The Independent is reporting that "China’s detention of millions of Uighur Muslims in re-education camps amounts to human rights abuse on a scale not seen since in the country since Chairman Mao."

Communist China's current war on Islam isn't just a war on Islam, it's a war on religion. As we speak they are incarcerating Buddhists and Christians as well then executing them to order for organ harvesting. This is modern genocide is a war on civil liberty.

Sadly the West is blindly oblivious to this atrocity. They are more concerned with making money and arresting cell phone competitors in a trade war. We have sold our self respect.

The Bleeding Edge ~ Ethan Gutmann's interview with Dr Ko ~ Letter from Masanjia

17-year-old seriously injured in Surrey shooting

Global is reporting that "A 17-year-old is in serious condition and another person is in custody after a shooting in Surrey Wednesday night. RCMP say further investigation has ruled out road rage as the reason for a late-night shooting in a townhouse parking lot in Surrey. Police say a minor car crash between a light-coloured Jeep Wrangler and grey Toyota Sienna in a townhouse parking lot near 96th Avenue and Prince Charles Boulevard at 11:15 p.m. resulted in the driver of the Jeep pulling out a gun and firing into the Sienna."

"The 17-year-old victim was driven the hospital where he is in serious but stable condition. A 32-year-old suspect was tracked down, arrested, and is in custody. Police say it appears the shooting was targeted, but does not appear to be gang-related."

The City of Vancouver is still f*cking over the Emerys

This is a perfect example of political corruption in British Columbia. Quebec has no political corruption compared to BC. News 1130 is reporting that "One of Vancouver’s biggest pot brands, Cannabis Culture is closing all of its dispensaries in the city. This follows a BC Supreme Court decision from last month, ordering dozens of illicit cannabis dispensaries to close their doors - or else. Cannabis Culture was one of the chains on the losing end of that case. A statement from CEO Jeremiah Vandermeer says the city has been threatening staff with arrests, fines, jail time, and forced closures if they did not comply with the decision."

These are not illegal dispensaries. These are unlicensed dispensaries. Now that pot has been legalized and the BC NDP adopted the free market model, it should be a simple process for existing dispensaries to obtain permits. This is outrageous. They's closing down pot dispensaries now that pot is legal and they're handing out free heroin. Vancouver City Hall is f*cked up.

It is also unequal protection of the law. The City of Vancouver is closing down the most credible dispensaries in the Country while they refuse to stop the Black Door and the Bulldog Cafe across the street. It doesn't get any more corrupt than that. If Andy Richards can sell Cop Pot then the Emerys can sell Cannibals Culture. Give your head a shake.

Update: What the city is doing is making up a bunch of stupid rules with the intent of screwing them over then creating a tax paid task force to enforce those stupid rules. One of the rules is that dispensaries can't be within a certain distance from a school. That one makes sense. Another rule is that a dispensary can't be within a certain distance of an existing dispensary. That one does not make sense. Gas stations are allowed to be across the street for each other.

We really don't want dispensaries all over the city. Keeping them in certain areas would be preferable. Instead of handing out free heroin we should let dispensaries open up all over the DTES. That would be in everyone's best interest.

While the Emerys were waiting for their right to apply for a permit, the city gave a permit to Tokyo Smoke up the street. Now the city says the Emerys can't have a permit because their original location is too close to an existing dispensary. That is bullsh*t. City hall is elected by the citizens. When they start screwing up it's time to elect a new city counsel. Surrey did. It's that easy.

Instead of forming a new marijuana bylaw task force, the police need to form a fentanyl task force. This is exactly how Dianne Watts screwed up Surrey when she was in office. She obsessed over grow ops which no one cared about and did absolutely nothing about the public sale of crack and crystal meth which was killing businesses in Newton and Whalley.

The police in Vancouver need to be more worried about getting fentanyl off the street then pot dispensaries. Wasting tax dollars on this new pot task force without addressing fentanyl and harder drugs is criminal culpability. Squamish RCMP miss the point.

The Mob Mentality hijacks the Pipeline Protest

Since the media is completely misrepresenting the new pipeline protest I will point out the obvious since the majority of people have no idea what they are actually protesting. In BC, Vancouver specifically, there were large demonstrations against the Trans Mountain Pipeline that would bring unrefined Alberta Tar Sands oil to be shipped through the Port of Vancouver. The courts have halted that pipeline temporarily.

After that happened, John Horgan from the NDP announced the approval of the LNG Natural Gas pipeline to Kitimat. Everyone was patting themselves on the back for a job well done. Burning Natural Gas is much cleaner than burning coal. This pipeline has been approved by the democratically elected government and all twenty First Nation Bands in the area.

What we are seeing is a handful of members from some of those bands maintaining a blockade saying we disagree with our First Nation Leaders. We the minority want to overthrow the democratic will of the majority. That is what we are seeing. What's even more absurd is seeing protests in Toronto and the United States in "Solidarity" with the coup against democracy.

This isn't tar sands oil, it's natural gas. I don't support this protest because it is protesting Democracy. Yes water is sacred. So is democracy and you defile it when you trample over it.

TransCanada signs all elected First Nations along $4.7-billion gas pipeline route through B.C.

"TransCanada has completed benefit agreements with all 20 elected First Nation bands along its Coastal GasLink pipeline route from Dawson Creek to Kitimat."

LNG Canada set new standard for First Nations consultation

LNG Approval: A spectacular day for British Columbians

Trans Mountain Pipeline Controversy

The Trans Mountain Pipeline is more controversial because it contains unrefined tar sands oil. The Alberta government is running commercials in BC supporting that pipeline called Keep Canada Working. In that commercial they admit that pipeline is not for domestic use or for selling oil to the US it is for foreign markets specifically China.

The commercial claims it will help Canada become less dependent on the US and have the ability to sell oil to China at a higher price but that is simply untrue. China owns our oil rights. Selling oil to China for less than it costs us to produce it is bad business. Selling oil or electricity to Canadians for more than we are selling it to foreign markets is also bad business.

The LNG pipeline in Northern BC is different. It has the approval of the First Nation Leaders.

This project takes natural gas from Dawson Creek to an LNG export facility near Kitimat.

This pipeline has absolutely nothing to do with the Tar Sands you f*cking idiots.

Kitimat, B.C., mayor defends LNG project - Green Justice supports LNG



Crystal Smith, chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, was emotional at Tuesday morning's announcement. "On behalf of our entire nation, we extend our gratitude … for the investment being made in Haisla territory," she said. "Haisla … history is unfolding before our eyes. We are having a share and we are having our say."

LNG Canada raised the bar on consultation process with First Nations

"LNG Canada made headlines last October when it announced that it was proceeding to build a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in coastal Kitimat, B.C. to bring the province’s natural gas to overseas markets. What was less covered was the literally years of consultation and engagement that resulted in approximately 25 individual agreements with affected Indigenous groups by LNG Canada and Coastal GasLink (the owner and operator of the 670-km pipleline that will deliver gas to the LNG export terminal). These agreements were signed by elected officials on behalf of their more than 15,000 members."

LNG Canada’s export terminal will enable coal-reliant customer nations to reduce GHG emisssions. Natural gas is clean burning. Coal is not. Green Justice supports LNG out of Kitimat and opposes coal expansion out of Surrey.

Vancouver takes a wrong turn on opioid treatment

The National Post is reporting that "B.C. gives up on its addicts and decides to just keep them on drugs. Exactly how will installing vending machines with high-dose opioids help drug addicts kick their habit?" The National Post nailed it. Hey ho, Justin Trudeau and the BC NDP have got to go.

"The British Columbia public health authorities are making a huge mistake. The province is advancing a series of reckless interventions that are counterproductive in fighting the opioid epidemic. If B.C. continues in this manner, the province is destined to remain in a state of perpetual opioid addiction." That is only in the pharmaceutical companies best interest.

"Ottawa recently granted approval of a B.C. pilot to distribute high-dose hydromorphone, a potent opioid, three times daily at supportive housing units and supervised injection sites. Drug users are free to use the hydromorphone as they please; authorities anticipate many will crush and inject the opioids to intensify their high. Moreover, the province has plans to grant qualified opioid users biometric access to vending machines of hydromorphone for drug users’ convenient consumption." This is NOT the Portugal model. This is the highway to Hell.

The Portugal model implemented mandatory treatment. This is not treatment this is the opposite. It is once again promoting addiction. It is a direct contradiction to the BC government's recent class action lawsuit against the opioid industry. Now they are going to have to sue themselves.

The Portland Hotel Society is dripping in corruption. It is in a conflict of interest.

CBC reported that the B.C. government has released details of a damning audit that shows a non-profit group that looks after some of Canada's poorest citizens spent thousands of dollars on lavish hotels, limousine rides, expensive dinners and even a trip to a Disney resort. Separate financial reviews examining expenses by the Portland Hotel Society - which runs Canada's only supervised injection site - have uncovered alleged misuse of corporate credit cards, unsupported expenses and inadequate criminal record checks.

The Huffington Post reported that Jenny Kwan is back from an unpaid leave she took after government audits revealed financial irregularities at the Portland Hotel Society, including lavish travel expenses. Kwan says she believed her former husband Dan Small covered the travel expenses for herself and their two children, but audits reveal the society covered the costs. Those aren't volunteers at the Portland Hotel Society. Those are paid staff members.

Harm reduction programs like safe injection sites don't beat addiction. They just sustain it.

Dr. Colin Mangham on Insite

“I call on the committee, especially the elected representatives, to stop allowing a group of activists, whatever else they're clothed in, to dictate Canada's drug policies. The people of Canada and elected officials need to set drug policy.’

Dr. Colin Mangham speaks to Parliament

"The most telling thing I saw that never found its way into the media was that only a small percentage of drug users use Insite. It's not reaching the cocaine users. An even smaller portion use it for the majority of their injections. As I told CNN, it's like building a dyke out of chicken wire. Why, then, is this still being clung to? "

Ottawa Police officer faces sexual harassment allegations as well as domestic assualt

CBC is reporting that "CBC News has learned that an Ottawa police officer accused of assaulting a woman is also being investigated internally for allegedly sexually harassing rookie officers he was assigned to mentor. The harassment allegations are coming to light more than a year after Const. Carl Keenan, 42, was charged by MRC des Collines police with assault causing bodily harm following an off-duty incident in La Peche, Que., on Dec. 14, 2017. Ottawa police issued a news release five days after Keenan's arrest and called the incident a domestic matter."

Steven Skinner and Opération Loquace

CBC recently ran an interesting documentary in French about Steven Skinner, the guy from Halifax that murdered Larry Amero's co accused Frédéric Lavoie in Columbia. Opération Loquace listed six men as heads of that international drug ring tied to the Hells Angels: Larry Amero, Mihale Leventis, Rabih Alkhalil, Shane Maloney, Frédéric Lavoie and Timoleon Psiharis.

Interesting to note that Benoit Roberge, the dirty cop from Quebec that was caught selling information to the Hells Angels told Frédéric Lavoie about the bust ahead of time so he and Timoleon Psiharis skipped town. Larry Amero and Shane Maloney were busted on the first day while Rabih Alkhalil and Mihale Leventis were arrested soon after.

Frédéric Lavoie who skipped town without letting Larry know about the pending bust was murdered and dismembered by Steven Skinner in Colombia. Timoleon Psiharis, who also skipped town after receiving early notice of the pending drug bust was murdered in Greece of all Places. Psiharis was tortured, doused with acid and beaten to death in Greece in 2012.

So is that how Damion Ryan got his Filthy Few patch? And the dirty cops have him on their payroll now too. God help us. No one else will. Gang enforcement in BC is COMPROMISED.

Shane Maloney does not have ties to the West End gang in Montreal. He's just a local loser from Burnaby that Larry knew. He is the illegitimate son of a waitress at a bar. That is all.

First Surrey Shooting of the New Year

The Peace Arch News is reporting that "Police in Surrey say nobody was hurt after shots were fired at a house in Guildford Wednesday night. Surrey RCMP say it happened in the 14000 block of 115A Avenue just after 6:30 p.m. Police say “evidence was located” confirming that shots had been fired. Nobody was in the house at the time, police said. RCMP say a black Honda CRV SUV was seen driving away with its headlights off, and a similar vehicle was located. Three people were detained but one had been released as of Thursday morning. Two men, in their 30s and 40s, remain in custody as the investigation continues. “The Honda has been seized for investigational purposes,” Sergeant Chad Greig said. Police are calling it a targeted incident.”

Toronto had their first shooting New Years Day.

Two men charged after shots fired at Surrey house

The Peace Arch News is reporting that "Christopher Boucher, 30, has been charged with one count of unlawfully discharging a prohibited or restricted firearm, one count of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm, one count of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm without being the holder of an authorization or licence and one count of occupying a vehicle knowing there was a prohibited or restricted firearm in the vehicle."

"Jamie Tibbs, 42, has been charged with one count of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm, one count of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm without being the holder of an authorization or licence and one count of occupying a vehicle knowing there was a prohibited or restricted firearm in the vehicle. A third person has been released without charges."

3 men charged after first shooting incident of 2019 in Ottawa

Hells Angel on Death row in Thailand

9 News is reporting that "A Perth member of the notorious Hells Angels and his wife have been sentenced to death in Thailand for trying to smuggle half a tonne of crystal methamphetamine into Australia. Luke Cook, 34, and his Thai wife Kanyarat Wechapitak, 40, were arrested at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport in December and charged over a 2015 plot to smuggle an estimated $300 million worth of the drug - also known as ice - into Thailand then on to Australia. A Thai court has sentenced the couple to death but that is expected to be commuted to life in prison, according to media reports."

As we reported December 2017 "Cook, owner of the Piss Stop Bar in Pattaya, was convicted in 2016 of helping Australian kick-boxer and former Sydney businessman Antonio Bagnato flee Thailand after he murdered Wayne Schneider, another Hells Angels member and prominent figure of Sydney's underworld, in 2016."

As we reported February 2017, Antonio Bagnato received the death sentence for murdering Wayne Schneider. Only now ABC is reporting that Bagnato's murder charge was overturned, and he was instead sentenced to three years for assault." Things that make ya go hmmmm.... Three years for murder? That's pretty shady. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

New Years Day on Mount Seymour 2019

I went snowshoeing up Mount Seymour this morning. It stared snowing heavily riding my bike up the mountain and continued hiking all the way up to Brockton Point. At First Peak it started to break and by Third Peak it cleared up nicely. This is a short video clip from the summit of Third Peak. All is quiet on New Years Day. This is a video clip from the London Fireworks last night. For me New Years doesn't start until the sun breaks on the horizon New Years Day.

New Years 2019: Pressing Forward

They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. That is very true. If you don't take that first step, you will never arrive at your destination. Last year our theme was free Tibet and free yourself. Now it's time to press forward. Hard work forever pays yo. The ability to work is not a curse, it is a blessing. Work is the means of all accomplishment. There is no joy without work.

When I was in Ireland, my parents sent me a poster of an old workhorse pulling a heavy load during a blizzard. The caption read, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. That image stuck with me. When times get tough, the tough get to work.

Thomas Paine once said: "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

Martin Luther King once said “The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.”



Drug Treatment in Surrey:

Realistic Success Recovery Society

John Volken Academy

Phoenix Society

Floyd Mayweather Defeats Tenshin Nasukawa via TKO

ESPN is reporting that "Floyd Mayweather dusted off the boxing gloves and stopped Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in the first round of their three-round welterweight exhibition match on New Year's Eve. Mayweather, 41, a former five-division world champion, floored Nasukawa three times before the end of the first round. Nasukawa's corner threw in the towel after the third knockdown, and the 20-year-old was left in tears after being humbled by the retired Mayweather."

It was an undefeated kickboxer fighting a boxer with boxing rules which once again reaffirms that guys who can't make it in boxing, go into kickboxing. Boxers have that art mastered. Hat's off to Floyd Mayweather. A champion with class unlike the pathetic loser that turned the UFC into WWF trash with his tasteless racism. A video clip of this fight has been posted on Twitter.

Forgiveness brings Peace

I'm not a very forgiving kind of guy for the most part. I'm a bit cynical in my old age. Once bitten twice shy. Twice bitten and it's go f*ck yourself. I believe in the Christian principle of repentance and the Christian principle of forgiveness but I believe there is a process to both.

There's a young guy at the gym I always go out of my way to say Hi to. He's very friendly. From our previous conversations I became aware that he was a Christian. The other day I made the mistake of wishing him a Merry Christmas. "Oh I don't celebrate Christmas" he said.

I was a bit startled because I knew he was a Christian. Usually its non Christians that get offended by the term but even they are very receptive to it. He goes off about how Jesus wasn't born at Christmas it was just a pagan holiday they assigned to Jesus' birth. I'm like yeah, we all know that but nobody cares. It's a season of good will. There's nothing bad about Santa. Then he goes off about how Santa is spelt like Satan and I just gave him that AYFKM look.

I'm like for me that's a little bit extreme and I shun extremism. It's like those Christians who say you can't have pictures of Christ up on your wall. For me that is weird and extreme. It completely misses the point. He asked me if I was a Christian and I said yes then hesitated. Well kind of. Certainly not like that kind of Christian.

Forgiveness is a fundamental aspect of Christianity. The wages of sin is death and no one is without sin so we all need an atonement. We all need to be forgiven. Martin Luther King said the old law of an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.

The Lord's Prayer says forgive us our trespasses as we forgive others who trespass against us. I understand that principle but I also understand how that principle can be abused. That's how some people become door mats for others to walk on and stay in abusive relationships because of it. That kind of exploitation doesn't do anyone any good.

Martin Luther King also said "I've seen too much hate to want to hate and every time I see it I say to myself that hate is too great a burden to bear." Obviously holding on to hate isn't healthy. As Buddha pointed out it's like holding on to a hot coal which simply burns oneself.

I look back over my life and I look at examples of when people have tried to f*ck me over and I can honestly say I have no hard feelings. It's water under the bridge. I wish no harm upon them. That doesn't mean I have the slightest desire to get back together with that person because that simply isn't going to happen. We can all learn from the past and move forward is positive healthy directions. Yet forgiveness does bring peace. Often the hardest person to forgive is ourselves.

Maybe this year it's time to forgive ourselves and let the past go so we can finally be free.

Fentanyl in Fort Mcmurray tied to the Hells Angels

My McMurray is reporting that "The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) has issued an arrest warrant for JC after they seized fentanyl and a handgun from a home in Eagle Ridge Dec. 15, 2018. The 45-year-old man is suspected of being involved in drug trafficking activities and has previous criminal convictions for similar offences. A drug trafficking investigation led the Wood Buffalo RCMP to provided assistance during the seizure which was the result of a search warrant executed at the home."

"ALERT’s Fort McMurray organized crime and gang team seized 42 grams of suspected fentanyl powder, a loaded handgun with its serial number removed along with ammunition and one person was arrested. A 37-year-old woman was arrested inside the home and charged with possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime, five firearms-related offences, and causing a child to be drug endangered. There were two children living at the home where the fentanyl was found. In order to protect the children’s identity, the accused women is not being named."

I intentionally held back reporting on this until after Christmas because the guy has a little girl and it would suck being in prison for Christmas as it does for everyone who is in prison for Christmas. 42 grams isn't much and it likely wasn't within reach of the kids but Fentanyl is fatal. No one should be selling that. I realize times are tough but the bottom line is that if you want to be a Dad to your daughter you need to find another career.

I left the guy's name out of my report because I want to give the guy a chance at getting a real job. I will point out however, that this is not his first offense and that I have blogged about him before. JC received a 14 year sentence for drug trafficking in Fort McMurray where he was described as a cocaine kingpin for the Edmonton Hells Angels.

We will note that the Hells Angels convicted in that case were using their children as pawns to gain sympathy from the court. We will also note that while in prison, JC extorted a prison guard into supplying him with drugs in prison. "Johnstone testified he was checking JC's cell and the inmate blocked the door and told him he knew his address and phone number and his mother’s address. Johnstone said the large and muscular convicted cocaine kingpin then told him that if he didn’t bring in a package for him, someone would be “paying my mom and I a visit.”

Once again we have the Hells Angels using kids as pawns while they threaten other people's families to further the drug trade. Those members are what the real world refers to as POS. History has recorded that. JC is connected to Jared White who was charged in the murder of Ashley Chisholm and Patric Felix, another Fentanyl supplier in Fort Mac. This is JC's last chance. Get out now while you still can. He who lives by the sword will die by it. Word.

Calgary Police shoot Woman dead on Christmas Day

Global is reporting that "A woman from Manitoba has been identified as the person shot and killed by Calgary police on Christmas day. Family and friends have identified 29-year-old Stacey Perry as the woman killed following what police say was several hours of erratic driving."

Sounds a bit excessive to me. Their story is somewhat questionable.

Fatal shooting in North Vancouver

Global is reporting that "The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has been called to a North Vancouver residential building following a fatal shooting on Christmas night. One person is dead and another injured after a shooting in the 600-block of Seylynn Crescent near Keith Road and Mountain Highway at about 7:30 p.m. The building was on lockdown for a couple of hours, as dozens of police officers and a K-9 unit entered the building. Witnesses say they saw two men being escorted outside the building by police with guns drawn."

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that "Three bullet holes are seen in the passenger window of a black Range Rover while it is removed from the parkade of the Compass condo at 680 Seylynn Crescent where a shooting occurred in the parkade of the building in North Vancouver, BC, December, 25th 2018." A shooting on Christmas day? Idiots.

CTV is reporting that the victim in the fatal Christmas Day shooting was 25 year old Rock Habib-Joumaa. He is known to the police but does not have a criminal record, and the police believe the shooting was targeted. The North Shore News is reporting that "This is the second gang hit to occur within the same development. On Dec. 22, 2017, gang associate Gavinder Grewal was shot and killed in his rented penthouse on the property."

Snow at Hollyburn Lodge

It's raining in the city but there's snow on the mountains in Vancuver.

Christmas Struggles

This year I'd like to give a shout out to all those who struggle at Christmas. Someone I know recently lost their son to fentanyl. Christmas for them and the many other families who have lost loved ones to fentanyl will be a very sad time. Fentanyl is a horrible drug. Drug dealers that sell it to customers unknowing are complete scum bags. It has become an epidemic of exploitation.

Everyone wants to blame China for fentanyl but the opioid crisis in the US wasn't created by China it was created by the CIA and the allied invasion of Afghanistan. George Bush Sr. was the one that got the agency addicted to drug trafficking in Vietnam. What the CIA did secretly in Vietnam they now do openly in Afghanistan. It's no longer a secret.

Yet there are many different kinds of struggles this time of year. The insane cost of housing is sucking the life and the joy out of Christmas for many. Back in 2013 the Daily Mail reported on a music video featuring Owen Wilson called Christmas in LA. "The 45-year-old stars as a struggling actor trying to make it through yet another Christmas In Los Angeles, California." Recently many actors and actresses in California lost their homes to forest fire.

For all those who struggle just remember it is always darkest right before the dawn. Light a candle, say a prayer and hold on to the anchor of hope. 2019 will be a time to press forward.

Christmas Peace from the Outlaw King - The Five Stages of Grief.