Revenge Porn: Former RCMP officer pleads guilty
“His actions were deliberate and mean-spirited,” Mundstock said. “Given his training as an RCMP officer, his moral blameworthiness is particularly high, in my view. ”Speaking after the sentence was handed down, Crown counsel James Whiting said, “The area of revenge porn is a serious one. It is a very sad type of offence that does have a very significant impact on victims.”
Darius Sam – A Role Model for Our Time
As of June 24, Darius Sam’s 24-hour, 100 mile one-man ultra-marathon has raised $104,461 for the Nicola Valley Food Bank.
Don’t ever let anyone tell you one person can’t make a difference.
One person is the only thing that ever has.
DNA Databases, Privacy Rights and Law Enforcement
The discovery and capture of an infamous serial killer by DNA testing means this technology is an enticing carrot for law-enforcement – one so appealing most police agencies cannot ignore it.
Michael Korenberg: Loss of Backbone Forces Immediate Resignation
That Michael Korenberg cowardly bowed down and sacrificed himself on the alter of political correctness so readily is deeply distressing, for it only empowers, encourages and emboldens this out-of-control mob.
Guatemala’s Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Guatemala is one of only three countries with a constitutional right to bear arms for its citizens: United States, Mexico and Guatemala. Like Mexico, this right is restricted, but not nearly as heavily restricted as Mexico’s constitutional right to bear arms.
Mexico’s Constitutional Right to Bear Arms
Mexico is one of three countries in the world whose constitution guarantees its citizens the right to bear arms. This constitutional right is rendered all but meaningless by a host of government restrictions on it – the warm wet dreams of anti-2nd Amendment advocates.
Is a Man’s Home his Castle? Even When He’s on Probation?
Is a Man’s Home his Castle? Even when he’s on probation? The short answer is “Yes” according to retired Court of Queen’s Bench Justice M.A. Binder. The long answer is, well, longer in this specific case.
Five Murdered University of Calgary Students Honoured by Quinterra Legacy Garden
Mass murderers leave legacies of evil behind.
Their murder victims also leave legacies behind, but of a very different kind.
The families of five University of Calgary students brutally stabbed to death on April 14, 2014 – Lawrence Hong, Josh Hunter, Kaitlan (Kaiti) Perras, Jordan Segura, and Zackariah Rathwell – came together to create monument to and a place of remembrance for their slain children.
Police use guns designed “to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time”
If there is “no use and no place for such weapons in Canada” as the Prime Minister insists, one may be excused for asking the obvious question: Why do Canadian police forces need guns whose sole purpose, according to the Prime Minister, is “to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time”?
Violent Repeat Offender Thomas Kruger-Allen Pleads Guilty to Assault
On April 29th, I said a series of upcoming assault and murder trials placed in limbo by COVID-19 meant we would likely find out, since the core of the Jordan decision is our Charter section 11(b) right to a trial “within a reasonable time.”Thankfully, one of the cases I cited in that article is no longer in danger of being tossed out as the violent offender, Thomas Kruger-Allen, pleaded guilty to three of the four charges against him.
Team Trudeau: Gerry Hawes’ Child Pornography Arrest
If news of Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara’s arrest for assault didn’t upset the Liberal Party’s apple cart, news that Gerry Hawes, a longtime Liberal Party insider, was arrested for child pornography most certainly will.
Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara Charged with Assault, Break and Enter
Marwan Tabbara didn’t resigned from the Liberal caucus when the criminal charges against him became public knowledge. He vows to stay on as a Member of Parliament, though his actions show a profound lack of integrity – an element most consider essential to the character of an elected official.
Shannon Cruse: Murdered by an Abusive Ex-Boyfriend with a Smuggled Handgun
Some mass murders take on lives of their own, driven by political activists with agendas.
Others, like the murder of Shannon Cruse, her 6-year-old daughter Shaniya and her parents, Mary and Donald Cruse, are seemingly forgotten.
Dalien Illunga: Public Safety Cannot be Sacrificed on the Altar of COVID-19
On May 5, 2019, Dalien Ilunga, a 37-year-old immigrant from Congo, forced a young woman into his bedroom and raped her.
Ilunga, who has a prior conviction for sexual assault, was already on probation for a another assault, the probation terms of which were to “keep the peace and be of good behaviour.”
In any normal person’s mind, dragging a young woman into his bedroom and raping her falls well outside the scope of “good behaviour.”
Reform Canada’s Broken Firearm Prohibition Order System
Common sense dictates we devote our scarce police resources to those individuals who pose the greatest risk to public safety – violent offenders with Firearm Prohibition Orders registered against them – yet these are the people Canada’s legislators completely ignore despite their claims of keeping Canadians safe.
Jennifer Quesnel’s Murder: Another Firearm Prohibition Order Failure?
On Monday, June 1, 2020, every woman’s worst nightmare came true for Jennifer Quesnel. Her estranged husband, John Quesnel, shot and killed her with a gun he bought the same day from a friend on Salt Spring Island. The Quesnel’s 18-year marriage ended in a brutal act of selfishness and stupidity that orphaned the couple’s three young boys: Jake, Dan and John Jr.
Saheed Bacchus Ali: Drug Dealer Arrested with Illegal Guns while Prohibited released on Bail
When Saheed Bacchus Ali was arrested with large quantities of illegal drugs and two illegally-possessed handguns on September 10, 2019, he violated not one but four Firearm Prohibition Orders. None of these prohibition orders stopped Saheed Ali from illegally obtaining and possessing a loaded Smith and Wesson handgun and an unloaded Glock pistol with its serial number removed.
Luke Sanocki: Another Violent Repeat Offender Released on Bail
Luke Pawel Sanocki remains on the loose and poses a continuing threat to public safety – thanks to a system and a government that believes federally-licenced, RCMP vetted firearm owners are a greater danger to society than career criminals who violate Firearm Prohibition Orders and attempt to run down police officers with their cars.
Jason Kunnuk: 3-Year Firearms Prohibition Order for Careless Storage of a Firearm
The end result of the Crown’s appeal, for all practical purposes, means nothing changed for Jason Kunnuk beyond an additional line item on his criminal record.
While this may make sense from a technical standpoint, the appeal in this case amounts to a lot of wasted court time for no gain in public safety. It may also have inadvertently delivered one positive unexpected consequence.
Justin Bourque’s 2014 Cop-Killing Rampage in Moncton, New Brunswick
Justin Bourque’s 2014 killing spree in Moncton, New Brunswick, left three wives without their husbands, six children without their fathers and a community without three brave and courageous RCMP constables willing to put themselves in harm’s way to protect others.
Those are the basic facts but there is more to this story than one deranged person who hates cops. Much more.
Maryam Monsef: Minister of Women Slashes Funding to Women’s Shelters
Forget the Trudeau government’s words – they’re not worth the paper those words are printed on – the Trudeau governments actions on funding cuts to programs designed to help at-risk women and girls truly says it all.
Nicolas Bain and Monique Boyer: Canada’s Revolving Door Injustice System
Both Nicholas Bain and Monique Boyer have long criminal histories related to illegal drugs and guns. (see details below)
Both Nicholas Bain and Monique Boyer epitomize the problem of Canada’s revolving door justice system where our judges play “catch and release” with habitual offenders.