Saint Patrick's Day Weekend

Happy holy day - drink responsibly. Just remember they don't drink green beer in Ireland they drink black beer. You can smell the roasting hops at Saint James's Gate in Dublin. Don't forget it was the Guinness family that built the Lion's Gate bridge in Vancouver so it was.

"I've always hated slavery since the day that I was born. When boyhood's fire was in my blood I read of ancient freemen, For Greece and Rome who bravely stood, Three hundred men and three men; And then I prayed I yet might see Our fetters rent in twain, And Ireland, long a province, be. A Nation once again!" Je me souviens - Liberté, égalité, fraternité.

I was at the Vancouver Occupy demonstration with my Irish drum talking to an irish girl with a tin whistle. A woman came up to us and asked where we were from. I said I'm from Surrey but she's from the Holy Land so she is. The woman smiled and nodded Ah Israel she said. I shook my head and said no, Ireland. It depends on where you're from as to what land is holy. But this is our home now so that makes this land holy too so it does.

Top of the morning to ya Danny Boy. When Irish eyes are smiling, souljas go to war. Erin go Bragh, Tiocfaidh ár lá. Finian is back so he is and I'll be watching ye. Mind how ya go.Like it or not, What's done in the dark will be brought to the light. Cheers.

Surrey Shoting

Scan BC is reporting that #Surrey #RCMP are investigating shots fired into a house near 151 St & 70 Ave. Several windows broken. No injuries reported.

Four people shot at funeral outside Calgary

The Calgary Herald is reporting that "Gunfire erupted in the aftermath of a funeral at the Calgary Muslim Cemetery near Cochrane Friday afternoon, when an altercation broke out between some of the attendees, Mounties say. Four people were dropped off at hospital in Calgary suffering from injuries not considered life-threatening — all of the victims are expected to make full recoveries. Meanwhile, at least one shooter remains free, as currently no one is in custody."

Rather strange they would refer to it as a Muslim cemetery. We don't usually hear reports of Cartel or Mafia murders happening at a Catholic funeral or local gang shootings at a Protestant or Jewish funeral. They usually leave the denomination out because it's simply gang related.

Police say the attack was not racially or radically motivated so it might be more productive to look at who the funeral was for and who was shot or at east who was targeted in the attack. The cemetary was located outside Cochrane which is north west of Calgary.

December of last year the CBC reported that "Turf battles over drugs in Calgary's northeast have escalated into a gang war. Calgary's last gang war, between the FOB and the FK gangs, was also bloody, with more than two dozen homicides from 2002 to 2009." Those two gangs were predominately Asian. The FK were supplied bu the UN while the FB were supplied by the Hells Angels through the BC Independent Soldiers.

The CBC is reporting that "Most of the crime associated with this gang war is happening in Calgary's northeast, primarily in districts four and five. The guns and gangs unit has identified six to seven groups and singled out 59 men who are considered "high level" participants in them. Those identified by police are mostly young men of Middle Eastern descent — although like the Asian street gangs of the early 2000s, they're not exclusively one ethnicity." Now that the leaders of the FOB are behind bars a new rival is emerging through the Middle eastern community. So let me get this straight. The Hells Angels group fizzled out and a new gruop rises to take their place. Gee, I wonder who they are being supplied by? Stop the greed and you will end the violence.

Abbotsford shooting

CBC is reporting that "Two men have been taken to hospital in serious condition after a shooting in Abbotsford. It happened in the 33000 block of Hawthorne Avenue, near Greer Street, at approximately 9:21 p.m. PT Thursday."

Canadian prime minister brings Trudeaumania to White House

The Canadian Press is reporting that "Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought Trudeaumania to America on Thursday and the verdict was a resounding thumbs-up. 'Breath of fresh air', 'impressive' and 'very impressive' was how some of the guests at a splashy White House state dinner in Canada's honor described the country's new leader."

American media called it a family reunion. The last time a Canadian Prime Minister attended a State dinner at the Whitehouse was 19 years ago when his father went. Like his father before him, Justin has class. When asked to denounce Donald Trump he said: "I'm not going to pick a fight with Donald Trump right now. I'm not going to support him either, obviously." He said he's anxious to see how the country "deals with what is obviously a very real set of issues around frustration towards the body politic that we've seen in various iterations around the world."

Mother of missing woman arrested in Ontario drug bust

Cornwall Free News is reporting that a drug bust outside Ottawa yielded half a kilo of cocaine, several weapons and several arrests. Two names of interest are Matthew Fillipoff and Shelley Fillipoff. CBC is reporting that Shelley Fillipoff is the mother of Emma Fillipoff, a missing woman we wrote about in 2014. Matthew is Shelley's son, Emma's sister.

Ozzy Osbourne, The Irish Rovers and The Rugby Seven

I am told that Ozzy Osbourne performed to a sold out crowd at Rogers Arena in Vancouver Monday night. I'm told he kicked it. Not bad for 67 years old. His arms had a few tremors and he had to hold the microphone with both hands but his singing was fantastic. I was never an Ozzy fan growing up until I attended a funeral fora friend from Canada Post in Surrey.

At the funeral they laid her leather jacket and boots on the coffin and said there wee now going to play a song by Ozzy Osbourne. I thought to myself Ozzy Osbourne? At a funeral? Are you kidding me? Then they played See you on the other side and it was totally appropriate. I didn't know Ozzy did ballads.As I previously said, you don't have tp be religious to believe in an afterlife. Even Ozzy Osbourne knows life does not end at death.

I also understand that the Irish Rovers will be playing at the vogue theatre in Vancovuer on Saint Patrick's Day. My father was a big fan of the Irish Rovers. He loved the song about the Orange and the Green. I understand the Irish Rovers owned and performed in the Unicorn Pub in Vancouver. I also understand that the Lord of the Dance is playing in Abbotsford March 23rd.

The World Rugby Sevens Series is coming to Vancouver, British Columbia March 10th & 11th.

Whitehorse drug bust tied to 856 in Langley

The Whitehorse Daily Star is reporting that "Luther sentenced Bradley Prowal, Jeffery Redick and Taylor Wallace for their roles in a cocaine trafficking ring operating in the Yukon. Prowal received three years for trafficking cocaine, Redick 3 1/2 years for trafficking cocaine and two weapons offences and Taylor Wallace six months for the careless use of a firearm. They had entered guilty pleas at what was supposed to be a preliminary hearing. All three are from B.C., and moved to the territory a couple of years ago. They operated as part of the Langley-based 856 gang.

This drug bust is from April 2015. The 856 is run by Hells Angels associate Len Peltier who uses Bob Greene's name like it was his. Remember Larry Mizen worked for Len Peltier in Whalley. Lenny knows something about Dru's murder in Surrey. With friends like that who needs enemies? Lenny is famous for ratting other people out to avoid prison time. Even the club hates him. They tolerate him because of his cousin Bob Green and because he makes money for them.

June 23, 2015 Len Pelletier was finally named and busted for cocaine trafficking through the 856. Let's hope he doesn't get off in this bust as well. Again. He's the little slimy one with the stash.

Montreal Mafia leader's brother arrested in Arizona with 62 kilograms of cocaine

The National Post is reporting that "The brother of an influential leader in the Mafia in Montreal was recently arrested in Arizona after the specially trained police dog sniffed out 62 kilograms of cocaine in the vehicle he was riding in. Girolamo Del Balso is the younger brother of Francesco, 45, a Mafia leader who was one of six men who took control of the Mafia in Montreal — roughly between 2003 and 2006 — after Vito Rizzuto was arrested and later jailed in the U.S. for being part of a conspiracy to murder three mobsters in Brooklyn in 1981."

Overview

Traffic on the blog has spiked once again so I thought I'd recap some of the top stories to keep them fresh in our minds before they get buried in the archives.

Operation Skeletor

The David Giles drug trafficking trial out of Kelowna has finally hit the court and is big news. Operation Skeletor as I refer to it rising out of the Kelowna Summer Jam is the largest and most successful police undercover operation in the history of the province. The Panama connection makes it significant.

The bust came after Pat Fogarty, the person in charge of the ang Task force came up with some absolutely ridiculous statements claiming that there is no wolf pack and that the Kelowna Hells Angels aren't the problem, it's the other guys we have to worry about. That prompted me to make a post questioning what side he was on because he was obviously wrong running interference for the Hells Angels in the press.

The joint operation between the RCMP, Gang Task force and the OMGU proved him wrong in a very big way which forced us to question his leadership. Was he just an idiot? Who told him to say that? Some of the officers in the field? That would be scary indeed.

The David Giles drug bust involved the interception of $4 million in exchange for 200 kilos of cocaine which was partial payment for a plan to purchase more than 500 kilograms of cocaine for over $14 million. The Vancouver Province reported that it was suposed to be 500 kilos a month. This proved Pat Fogarty wrong in a very big way as did the stolen car boat and motorcycle ring tied to the Kelowna Hells Angels. It was a huge operation that Hells Angels associate Johnny Newcome plead guilty to. Johnny Newcome ran the chop shop out of Cycle logic which was owned by Richard Goldammer. It was a huge stolen car ring tied directly to the Hells Angels.

Tragically but not surprisingly, after they did such a great job on those two busts Christy clark's government cutting funding to the Gang Task force and gor rid of the OMGU. Just like they eliminated the police task force that investigated money laundering in BC Casinos after it issued a dammed report about how bad it was. That is organized crime. When the government gets rid of a police task force after it successfully disrupted an organized crime ring.

After sabotaging future operations, Pat Fogarty the second rose up once again trying to convince us that the Hells agels aren't a problem in BC any more. That is a lie. They just stopped investigating them. Nevertheless, Operation Skeletor is clearly the most successful undercover police operation in the history of the province. They should be promoting people involved with that not clowns like Bill Fordy.

Operation Skeletor makes up for sabotaging Operation Phoenix and the Western Wind bust. It was even more successful than EPandora which was groundbreaking even thought the convictions were much less significant.

Edmonton Hells Angles drug bust

The post about Dominic DiPalma Jr. from the Edmonton Hells Angles getting busted with two kilos of cocaine is getting a of of traffic. December 2013 I named him as the member in charge of the Whiteboy posse. That makes him responsible for all their drug trafficking and all their violence enforcing for drug debts. Dominic DiPalma was sentenced to six years for cocaine trafficking.

Prince George brutal assault

The new news in Prince George is the fact that Kitt Alwood was implicated in that brutal sexual assault in Prince George. The court records claim one of the accused cell phone records claimed she collected drug debts for Kitt Alwood. January 2013 I named her as the predator using a clothing line and a bad rap music promotion to lead young kids astray.

Kelowna couple found dead

The post about a couple in Kelowna found dead recently is getting a lot of traffic. One of the victims was Marcello Verna. Marcello was the nephew of Hells Angel Carlo Verna.Tragically, his mother, Calo's sister, also died back in 2013 at the age of 43. June 2013 I wrote a blog post about Carlo Verna expressing my concern that the club might screw him over after the took all his money. It is a real tragedy his family members are dying all of a sudden. With friends like those, who needs enemies?