Mounties charge man in $100M alleged Ponzi scheme

RCMP have charged one man and are seeking another in a$100M alleged Ponzi scheme in Canada."Authorities say a second suspect believed to be involved in the scheme -- identified as 66-year-old Gary Allen Sorenson -- is currently at large, possibly in Honduras. Milowe Allen...

Trucker blames witnessing bus beheading for his legal woes

Christopher Alguire, the Manitoba trucker who witnessed the beheading of 22 year old Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie, Man., July 31 blames his recent legal problems on trauma caused by the grisly event."Christopher Alguire, 29, is facing charges of...

Mounties Not Charged in Dziekanski Taser Death

Canadian Crown has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to prosecute the four Mounties who used a taser to subdue Robert Dziekanski.  The Polish immigrant died of "undisclosed injuries" shortly after...

Michael J. Fox, James Cameron, Others Inducted Into Canadian Walk of Fame

Michael J. Fox was first inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in 2000, but he finally walked down the red carpet to accept the honour earlier today. Fox was one of many Canadians honoured for their work in...

Canada/ US: Mohawk Reserve, Asian Crime Organization, sneak Drugs, Money, Gun...

Opinion Barry Artiste Mohawk Territory, like other First Nations Territories across Canada enjoy the rights of tax free cigarettes and Gas, a favourite place for tourists crossing the border to stop by and...

Canadian Family Rejects Terror Label

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYou know if Momin Khawaja were a teen, some could attribute the terrorism link to youthful idiocy, though still a teen knows right from wrong.  In this case it is a...

Dead Canadians and Mexican Injustice

This article doesn't apply to just Canadians.  It applies to anyone traveling abroad.  Why spend money in another country when that government won't even afford an individual the justice they deserve if...

EX-PMs: RCMP used as Golf Caddies, Beer Runs?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorEx-Canadian Prime Ministers are offered RCMP Security Protection once they leave office and join the "Joe Six Packs" of this world.  But 4 RCMP officers seems a...

Sealing activists bailed out with bag of toonies

Two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society were bailed out of jail yesterday by anti-sealing advocate Paul Watson, who paid the $10,000 bond partly in toonies! "Watson posted the bail at the Cape Breton...

Alberta Man Kills Robber in Botched Home Invasion

While Canada is more stringent about its self-defence laws (its generally considered you're allowed to use a similar amount of force being used against you, within reason. So if someone shoots a gun at you, you could fire back...but if someone tries to punch you, you can't...

BC bud still strong and plentiful: RCMP report

Ninety per cent of Canada's marijuana is said to come from BC and Quebec, and the THC level is getting stronger each year.  Should we be scared?  Proud?  Disgusted?  Awkward?"OTTAWA -- The...

Chri$tma$ come$ early for BC Court$.

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorChristmas came early for the British Columbia Government in the form of search and seizures of criminal assets worth millions of dollars from the proceeds of crime...

Warsaw questions Mounties' conduct

This may turn out to be one of the most significant instances of citizen reportage since Rodney King:"Tens of thousands of people around the world saw a troubling record of Robert Dziekanski's final moments in a bystander's 10-minute video, which media outlets ranging from...

Freeze, Cryptid! "Sasquatch" Arrested

"Mounties in eastern Manitoba have nabbed a strange, hairy monster that has been stalking campgrounds in and around the Whiteshell Provincial Park for the past two summers. Police received the call around midnight...

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Nice to see someone read my article on the Gun Registry as a P3. And took time to quote from it.

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