Quality of Life versus Suicide

What does that mean? Wow talk about a loaded statement, because it is of course, all relative to the individual. The description will vary greatly between race, color, sex, language, geographical heritage, location, and upbringing. While in some places there are those dying of dehydration, while in others they take a sip from a plastic bottled water and toss it aside. So does where you are born decide the quality of the life you are destined to have? No. I don’t think so. However, I welcome other ideas. You see for the past oh lets say 8 years my life it has been an upward/downward/roller coaster/spiral/rocket from the day I was injured at work. I am so emotionally conflicted/charged right now that I’m not sure what I am going to write. Something has happened. So before I continue I would like to ask a question. In your own words what to you is having a good quality of life?

Bluesfest Ottawa stage collapses

Reports of multiple injury’s have been reported but no more news at this time. Will update when available. Cheap Trick was on stage at the time.

From the Ottawa Citizen…….

The Sunday evening programming at Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest was cancelled after a violent storm caused the main stage to collapse and forced thousands to seek shelter in the Canadian War Museum.

Bluesfest videographer Alex Gebethner, 24, was atop the tower in front of the main stage with a group of people, including Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson, when the tornado-force winds hit around 7:20 p.m. Cheap Trick was about 20 minutes into their performance, but was able to get off the stage safely.

Another videographer was about to descend the steep stairs when a gust of wind nearly swept him off the 50-foot tower. Gebethner said someone, likely a mayor’s aide, grabbed him, and probably saved his life. “I haven’t been this close to death in a while,” said an obviously rattled Gebethner. Bluesfest official Joe Reilly said one person suffered a broken leg. He said there were no serious injuries.

From the Ottawa Sun…

Bluesfest has come to an early end.

All shows have been cancelled after a violent storm blew down the MBNA Stage, sending emergency crews scrambling to the site. No word of injuries yet, but emergency crews are fanning out across the region.

Ottawa fire reporting two water rescues at Dows Lake and the Armitage area.

Environment Canada is warning of winds as strong as 140 km/h.

It’s been reported that a tree — or at least part of one — has fallen on a car on Queen Elizabeth Dr.

A tree is also down on Dunrobbin Rd. in the city’s west end.

It appears to be heading SE so we might get some of this in Cornwall.

Monday update

Just a few flashes of lightning down here but apparently some injury’s at Bluesfest.

More pictures.

Casey Anthony found Not Guilty

Casey Anthony has been found not guilty for all crimes except those of lying to police officers. I am not ashamed to say I am in shock over this. What is wrong with the Justice system? Obviously we have the same problem in Canada that the United States has. Criminals have more rights than the victims. For those of you that have not followed this case do a search for her name and do some reading. Check out you tube “the death of caylee anthony”. Then judge yourself. The only thing she was convicted of was lying to police officers. She was lying to them while they were searching for her missing daughter. She was lying to them. She was guilty! I suppose the fact that many people in the States are armed is a good thing. Justice was not served today. I look forward to the day that it is.

 

Is this a mother grieving for the loss of her child? This picture was taken in court when she was charged with Caylee’s murder

Consumer ripoff Alert

Everybody loves a nice rack of ribs on the BBQ once in a while unless of course you’re a vegan, and in that case there is nothing I can do for you. So I noticed this tempting looking package of ribs at Giant Tiger today whilst I was perusing the frozen food isle, and I thought like everyone else likely would,  yummy! However after getting home and heating things up to get cooking, two tiny little pieces came out of this enormous box, and we were shocked.

This cost $10.00, at Giant Tiger.

Now either one or two pieces are missing from the package, or the price is too high, and the packaging is outrageously misleading and environmentally insulting.

COBBLESTONE FARMS, you should be ashamed. For the same price at a grocery store I could have purchased twice as much and be able to see it first. I guess consider it a lesson. Must be a Liberal owned company.

31 Days

We are now a month away from what promises to be a very complicated, confusing, and frustrating trial. The first degree murder trial of Casey Anthony, who is charged with killing her 2 year old daughter, Caylee. For those of you that have been following this case it can’t come soon enough, and likely you’ve already made up your mind as to her innocence or guilt. Right or wrong. It is true that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and this is as it should be. Although the law can be flawed in it’s application at times and even it’s interpretation by judges can be incredulous it is the standard by which we live our lives. Don’t steal, don’t drive drunk, don’t do drugs, and wear your seat belt. There are varying degrees of severity and punishment, and while say stealing a candy bar is different from driving intoxicated they are both illegal, wrong, and require some type of punishment. Obviously the punishment doled out for the former will not be as severe as the latter and this is where we get into the different aspects of criminal law. There cannot be a “one punishment for all”. Or can there.

Murder. Some would express the opinion that this is the worst crime that can be committed by another human being.  It is surprising to me that there is not a “one punishment for all” type of sentence when dealing with these types of crimes. Plea deals, good behaviour, overcrowding, costs, lawyers ability and judicial opinion should have no bearing on what the accused would be facing after committing one of these crimes. Do the crime do the time, that sort of thing. And it should be consistent and severe, but it is not. We have seen some very strange things happen in court rooms over the years, and there are times when I wonder if the judge has seen all the evidence that the rest of us have seen. I will provide some links at the end that I’m sure will shock you.

Now before get back to the 31 days and it’s meaning, what about when it is one of the parents responsible? I submit that any crime against a child is worse, more unimaginable, and horrific, And the punishment in such cases should reflect that. But again, they don’t. Is it our legal system, or the judges that make the final decision? Whatever it is there needs to be a review and public discussion on how things need to be changed.

Parents out there will tell you that they watch their children when they are outside, and seldom if ever are they not under some sort of supervision. It is not the same as it was 30 years ago, when we went out to play as kids and didnt come back till dark. I can remember as a young boy riding my bike around Toronto and my parents had no clue where I was, or how far I was from home. Today, the reins are kept tighter and kids are not allowed to take off for the afternoon. It just is not as safe anymore. Is that it, or are we hearing more about the bad things happening to children around the world? Has it always been this way but just now we are more aware because of network TV, the internet, and global communication? That perhaps is another discussion for another day, but we do not let our girls outside alone to play without knowing where they are, ever.

Casey Anthony did not report her daughter missing after 31 days not knowing where she was

If your child was at a babysitters house and you could not reach her the next day what would you do? If this continued for a week, what then? What about not seeing or speaking to your child for a month? Not knowing where they are, if they are okay, what happened to them. Would you not be totally losing your mind freaking out? Speaking for myself I would be freaking out after the first 30 minutes. So it is very difficult for me to believe the story that Casey Anthony is telling us. One of the problems is that her story keeps changing, some so bizarre it is almost comical save for the fact that a little girl is dead. There is nothing funny about that. While her daughter was missing and she had no idea where she was Casey was seen at night clubs, renting movies with her boyfriend, and cashing cheques to buy clothes with money she stole from a friend. No where is Caylee, and nobody asked where she was? Her grand parents have never met the babysitter, never spoken to her, never been to her home, and in fact never even seen a picture of her. Yet supposedly this person had been watching their grand daughter for over a year.

They find their daughters car at a tow yard, and so they go there to bring it home. According to George (grandfather) the smell was so bad as he approached the car it almost made him gag, and he had to drive home with all the windows open and his head practically out of the window, so he could breathe. When Cindy (grandmother) smells the car she sprays an entire bottle of febreeze in to it, puts dryer sheets in it to try and cover up the smell. She even takes clothing out of it and washes it. Does that seem strange to you. Cindy is a registered nurse, and George used to be a cop. They bring their daughters car home that smells like that and this is what they did. George and Cindy went to work, and while Cindy was at work told a co-worker that the car smelled like a dead body. All the while little Caylee was no where to be found, and Casey was giving them the run around. Later that evening after pressuring Casey to tell her where Caylee is and getting nowhere, she calls the police. This is now 31 days since anyone has seen Caylee, the car smells like a dead body, and Casey tells a police officer it is just her mother causing problems. Casey then leads the police on numerous wild goose chases, and lying to them. The police are trying to find her daughter and she is lying to them. She lied about her job she didn’t have one, and that means for the past year she has been lying to everyone. The story about the nanny is also a lie, which means that what she has been telling everyone happened to her daughter is also a lie. It does not take a genius to realize that.

Now we are listening to her attorneys in court trying to suppress evidence, they’ve implicated innocent people, Casey is laughing in the court room. Caylee deserves Justice.

Convicted sex offender facing 21 more charges released because of “legal loophole”

WESH 2 coverage

WFTV coverage

http://djxtreme.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/blogging-for-justice-jose-baez-and-the-truth-are-strangers/

The Hinky Meter

Jaycee Dugard

Victoria Stafford

For Better, or Worse.

Words we married folk know well. The moment when everything changes, and from that point forward nothing will be the same. We don’t always (if ever) think too deeply about it or what it could mean. Till it happens. Before I met my wife I was a loner, a drifter, having spent most of my life searching for something but not knowing what. As a DJ for almost 20 years I did a lot of travelling, did a lot of partying, met a lot of women, and did a lot of  “questionable” things. But I was never satisfied and so I kept looking, moving, searching for something different. I can’t tell you how many times I have moved, and it would take too much energy to try to figure out how many places I have lived. But still I was never home, never felt like this or there was where I belonged.

There are days when I feel like I’m on top of the world, like there is nothing that could happen to make anything any better. Then there are days I think things I never thought I would. There are times when I couldn’t imagine being any happier, like while holding one of my incredible daughters, or snuggling with my wife watching a movie listening to the rain on the roof. And there are times I regret waking up in the morning. Is that life? Is that what we are doing, just coping with the bad in hopes that some good comes along to make it worthwhile. The news is incredibly distressing, you can’t turn on the TV without hearing about another child missing, or one has been found murdered. Some Country is fighting with another and that has happened my entire life, no change there. So what is it. What drives us, what is the point.

Tell someone 30 years ago that we’ll be flying back and forth to a space station, cooking frozen dinners in 5 minutes AND without a stove, or that you have a phone smaller than a  cigarette case that you can walk down the street while talking even, and they will think you are crazy. Try and explain the Internet or Xbox 360 to them, and you get the picture. But one thing, I believe, has stayed the same. The world has changed a great deal since then, things are done very differently. Cars, construction, travel, communication, even music, has changed so much that it hardly resembles the past in many ways. Is that what someone meant that change, is inevitable. But is it better. Are we evolving, or just getting older.

We have managed to create and develop new, efficient, and disturbing ways of killing each other. Smart bombs, cruise missiles, nuclear submarines, and remote control. Wiping out an entire city with the push of a button from half a world a way, in the blink of an eye. I read about a man who got 10 years for selling pot to someone, then later that night on the news heard the reporter say a child rapist had received a 4 yr sentence in prison. I’ve watched a mother lie about her child being missing, leading others on a wild goose chase, knowing full well what had happened, that she was no longer alive. Now trying to “get off” on a technicality. Makes me want to vomit.

I used to be a romantic guy, flowers, dancing, dinner. Now I just can’t wait to get my heating pad. I used to toss a football around, play street hockey with my boys, yet I’ve never given my baby girls a horsey ride. Once upon a time ice skating was fun, as was hockey, baseball, or hell even Frisbee. All a thing of the past for me.

But I digress, after my stint as a DJ that consumed most of my younger years was over….Wait..The reason it was over is because it was not working. Remember the saying “looking for love in all the wrong places”? Well it’s true. And trust me, I looked in ALL the wrong places. One morning, and I don’t know why, I just decided to quit. And I moved again, back to Ottawa. I guess I picked Ottawa because I had lived here before, and liked the city. Despite the trouble across the river. So here I was, back in town with no job, no place, and no idea what I was going to do. And wondering why the hell I did what I just did. It wasn’t going to be clear to me for a while, but I discovered the reason. In my quest to radically change the direction of my life I was attending college to learn about computers, And occasionally stopping by at the local bar for a beer. This is where I met my wife.

It could drive a person crazy trying to figure out all the ifs and maybes and different things that could have happened, that would have created a different future for me. I f I had stayed a DJ in all likely hood I would never have injured my back, probably met some girl somewhere and maybe would have been okay. If. Maybe. Perhaps. But it would not have been my wife. You cannot take the good without expecting a price for it. Everything has a price. It is not always money, or even something tangible, but it’s always something. SO I’ve tried to figure out why I am suffering. Why am I in such pain, it cannot be the price of happiness because there are times when…well…lets just say I’d get my ass kicked for thinking it. And you can’t be happy if you’re dead right? So why then, why do I wake every morning in pain. Why do I go to sleep every night in pain. Why do I try to live my life in the periods between agony, and pain?

I’ll tell you why, I figured it out. It’s because there must be something more. There must be something more in store for me. Now I don’t know if you believe in fate or not, but well I have started leaning in that direction. There has to be a reason, because if there isn’t then there’s not much point in continuing. Did my injury prevent me from doing something that would have caused something worse? Did it stop me from going in a direction that I would regret later? I guess I will never know what “might” have happened if things had happened differently. That is the mystery of life I suppose.

Can you imagine raising 3 teenagers, one of them disabled, and a newborn, while your spouse is unable to help in basically any way? In fact having to take care of your spouse on TOP of the children, and trying to work as well so everyone can eat, have a place to live, and have clothes on their back. Doing all of that because some company manager decided it was cheaper not to give proper protection for its workers. The effect of that decision has lasted over 6 years now, and so has the strain on everyone involved. It has not only affected my life, but the life of my wife, and that of our children. It has been very tough, and everyday, every single day, is like the last. With no relief in sight. I have learned a lot about my self, my wife, our marriage, and our family in the past 6 years. We are very strong, very committed, and fed up.

At this point I have no idea what is going to happen next, as everything that is tried to control or diminish the pain is not working, at least not completely, it cannot go on this way indefinitely so something is going to have to change. What change that is going to be remains a mystery for now but I’m sure will be known soon. One thing is certain. My love for my wife and my children is as strong as ever, and confidence in our ability to handle what life throws at us strong. Without my wife I could not have made it this far and loathe the idea of ever finding out what that might be like. I know in my heart that I don’t have to worry about that. And that in itself is a blessing, there is something to be thankful for, though I’m quite certain when she said “for better or worse” this is not what she had in mind.

Libyan Pilots defect after ordered to bomb own people

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4ba_1298327825

http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=120708

What is Canada doing about this? I don’t usually post such a short article but wanted to get this out quickly. This cannot be allowed to continue.

The murder of Victoria Stafford

The court released the following edited version of the agreed statement of facts:

April 8-May 19, 2009

On Wednesday, April 8, 2009, Victoria Elizabeth Stafford (Tori) was eight years, eight months and 23 days old. She resided in Woodstock with her mother, Tara McDonald, and her older brother, Daryn Stafford. She attended Oliver Stephens Public School and was in Grade 3. During the months leading up to April 8, Tori and Daryn had been living with their maternal grandmother, Linda Winters. She would usually drop Tori and Daryn off in the morning at a townhouse complex where they used to live, close to the school. Daryn would then walk a number of other younger children to school accompanied by Tori. At the end of the school day, the process would be reversed. On April 7, Tori had spent the night with her mother at her new house. For April 8 it was specifically arranged that Tori would not accompany her brother in the afternoon but would walk the few blocks to her mother’s home alone. She had invited a number of friends to come over later in the day to watch a video.

School dismissal for students who are walking is at 3:25 p.m. Tori lined up with the other students at the southeast door of the school. She was then given permission to return to her classroom to retrieve her butterfly earrings. She returned to the line just as the bell rang and left the school with the other students. This was the first day she was to walk alone to her home

Tori was expected to arrive at her new residence at about 3:45 p.m. When one of her friends called at 3:55 p.m. there was no answer and she left a voice mail about watching the movie. Meanwhile, Daryn had walked to the adjacent townhouse complex with one of the children he usually accompanied. He then went to a cousin’s house and borrowed a bicycle to ride to his mother’s house at 647 Frances St. When he arrived, his mother told him that Tori had not yet arrived home. Daryn then rode around the neighbourhood looking for his sister. By 5 p.m. he had returned to his cousin’s house in the townhouse complex. Tara McDonald called there at 5 p.m. and said Tori was still not home. At 5:20 p.m. Tara McDonald called her mother Linda Winters to tell her that Tori was missing. Linda drove to Tara’s house and picked her up. They then drove around until 5:40 p.m. looking for Tori. After approaching an Oxford Community Police Services officer involved in another investigation, they were directed to police headquarters. At 6:04 p.m. Linda Winters reported Tori missing to Oxford Community Police Service (OCPS).

OCPS immediately commenced an investigation. A ground search was conducted of the area immediately around the school area and neighbourhood. This included the present and previous residence of Tara McDonald. In the early morning of April 9, details of the missing child were released to the media. The search area was expanded with the assistance of the Woodstock Fire Department.

On April 9, police retrieved the surveillance video from College Avenue Secondary School (CASS). Once Tori was identified as the child in the video being led away by an unidentified female, the case became a criminal investigation of a possible abduction. The search area was expanded to include a significant portion of the Woodstock area.

Later on April 9, the CASS video was released to the media and broadcast extensively in southwestern Ontario. Police immediately began to receive tips from the general public suggesting the possible identity of the person in the video walking with Tori. A few of those early tips suggested the accused, Terri-Lynne McClintic, was the person in the video. Police also received direct information from a number of persons that provided more detailed contact information regarding Terri-Lynne McClintic.

On April 12, the accused was one of a number of persons of interest to investigators. Once it was learned that there was, in fact, an outstanding arrest warrant for the accused on a minor offence, Terri-Lynne McClintic was arrested and taken to OCPS headquarters. She has been in custody since that date.

Terri-Lynne McClintic was questioned about the abduction of Tori Stafford. She was shown the CASS video but denied being the person in the video or having any involvement in the abduction of Tori Stafford. She was still considered a person of interest and was identified to be the subject of further investigation.

On April 15, 2009, the OCPS requested the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). The scope of the investigation had expanded exponentially and almost a thousand tips had been received by investigators.

On May 12, 2009, investigators attended at the Detention Centre to interview Terri-Lynne McClintic for a second time. She was asked to once again recount her activities on April 8. She told investigators that she had gone to the Employment Centre and then had gone for a “pick up” of oxycontins. She did recall walking on Fyfe Avenue across from CASS but did not stop anywhere near the high school. She described her clothing and advised that she had consumed some illegal drugs.

On May 15, 2009, Terri-Lynne McClintic was scheduled to appear in Woodstock in order to complete her matters. Investigators met with her at the courthouse and asked her whether or not she would consent to providing a further statement to police. She provided her written consent to that statement. She did so in the presence of counsel acting for her in the matters.

On May 19, 2009, investigators obtained an Order from the Superior Court of Justice to remove Terri-Lynne McClintic from the Detention Centre for the purpose of providing a further statement in relation to the abduction of Tori Stafford. She was taken to OCPS headquarters. After being given her Rights to Counsel and cautioned, she declined the opportunity to speak with a lawyer and indicated that she was voluntarily participating in the interview.

On May 19, 2009, Terri-Lynne McClintic admitted that she was the female person walking in the CASS video with Tori Stafford. After a further short series of questions, she was advised at 4:47 p.m. that she was under arrest for the offence of abduction of a child under 14. Another short series of questions were asked and at 5:15 p.m. she was arrested for the offence of accessory to murder. On both occasions she was given her rights to counsel and cautioned. On both occasions she declined the opportunity to speak to a lawyer and reaffirmed her willingness to co-operate with the police.

May 19-May 23

Immediately following her arrest, Terri-Lynne McClintic was taken to the Guelph area to assist investigators in their attempts to locate the body of Tori Stafford. She continued to co-operate directly in this process between May 19 and May 23. The investigators obtained judicial authorization to allow them to keep Terri-Lynne McClintic in their custody in order to assist the police. Virtually all of her contact with the police during this time was subject to both audio and/or video recording.

While driving to the Guelph area, Terri-Lynne McClintic gave a verbal description of the residence close to where Tori Stafford had been murdered.

In Guelph she identified a Home Depot on Woodlawn Road as the location where she had entered the store to purchase garbage bags. This location was confirmed by investigators by way of a seizure of the Home Depot video surveillance tapes which positively identified Terri-Lynne McClintic purchasing items on April 8, 2009, at 5:12 p.m. The information she provided largely formed the basis for the subsequent charge of first-degree murder later brought against Terri-Lynne McClintic.

On May 20, 2009, Terri-Lynne McClintic was advised during an interview that she was now going to be charged with First Degree Murder. She indicated that she understood the charge. She did not wish to speak to counsel and reiterated her intention to help police find Tori Stafford’s body. She signed a consent to accompany police for that purpose for the next two days.

Also on May 20, Terri-Lynne McClintic began to further describe the residence that she had mentioned the previous day. She described in particular how the house sat on an angle to the road and was directly across from a dirt road. Investigators then called on the assistance of the OPP helicopter to search for the residence from the air. Terri-Lynne McClintic accompanied officers on this search.

On May 21, 2009, she was in the holding cells of the Oxford Community Police. She advised investigators that she had forgotten to mention that she had also purchased a hammer at the Home Depot in Guelph on April 8, 2009. Investigators had already seized the videotape and were aware of this fact but had not told her.

During the search on May 21, Terri-Lynne directed the investigators to the area of Highway 6 and Sideroad 6 in Wellington County.

Again on May 21, investigators utilized the OPP helicopter to assist in the search for Tori Stafford’s remains. Terri-Lynne expressed difficulty in identifying the scene as there had been snow on the ground on April 8 and now everything was green.

The search continued on May 23, 2009 with Terri-Lynne McClintic once again consenting to a judicial authorization to accompany the investigators.

On May 24, 2009, Terri-Lynne McClintic again went with investigators. She further described the residence that she had previously said was close to the location of the murder. She also described in some detail the actual scene of the murder, referencing a broken-down fence, visible silos, an inclined laneway and creek and a rock pile close to pine or spruce trees where the body had been hidden.

June 1-June 3

OPP investigators obtained a further Order from the Superior Court releasing Terri-Lynne McClintic to their custody between June 1 and June 3. Once again she had signed her consent to the release. Terri-Lynne McClintic provided the investigators with a drawing that she had made while in custody illustrating the location of the residence and its relationship to the murder scene. She also provided a detailed description of the house features. She also indicated that she recognized several commercial establishments in the Cambridge area.

During the course of her contact with the investigators, Terri-Lynne McClintic provided numerous hours of statements in addition to the formal interviews conducted at the Oxford Community Police Service Headquarters. While her statements initially denied any involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Tori Stafford, she ultimately admitted her involvement in these crimes.

The Kidnapping

On April 8, 2009, Terri-Lynne McClintic went to a number of locations in Woodstock. These included the College Avenue church to obtain food vouchers. She then went to the Foodland grocery store. Video surveillance there confirmed clothing she described wearing throughout the day. She returned to the church with her receipts as per church policy. At 2:19 p.m. she was at the community employment centre where she signed in and submitted her resume. She also used the computer facilities to attempt to check her MSN account but was unable because she had forgotten her password.

Terri-Lynne McClintic returned to her house at about 2:30 p.m.

Terri-Lynne McClintic advised investigators that Tori Stafford happened to be the first child she observed walking towards her from the school. As Tori approached, Terri-Lynne began a conversation with her, introducing herself as “T.” Tori told her that her name was Victoria but everybody called her Tori. Terri-Lynne McClintic and Tori walked north on Fyfe Avenue. At 3:32 p.m., surveillance cameras show Tori and Terri-Lynne walking northbound on Fyfe Avenue.

Terri-Lynne McClintic told investigators that the conversation at this time was about dogs. Terri-Lynne told Tori she had a Shih Tzu named Precious. Tori told her she also had a Shih Tzu and she agreed that she would like to see Terri-Lynne’s dog.

The CASS video last shows Terri-Lynne McClintic escorting Tori to the Caressant Care Retirement Home parking lot and ultimately off camera.

They then went to an address in Guelph and then north of Guelph.

In a remote location on a side road in the 6th Concession North of Arthur Township, Victoria Elizabeth Stafford was murdered and her body concealed.

Between 9 and 10 p.m., Terri-Lynne McClintic returned to her residence.

July 19, 2009

Notwithstanding their failure to locate Tori Stafford’s body during the initial efforts following the arrest of Terri-Lynne McClintic, investigators mounted an exhaustive effort to locate her remains. Several hundred officers continued a progressive grid search of areas north of Guelph. Other investigative efforts provided clues to assist in their work. Terri-Lynne McClintic again consented to co-operating with investigators to provide details resulting in an artist sketch of the residence she had previously described as being close to the scene.

On July 19, 2009, an OPP officer and member of the investigative team was searching in the Mount Forest area on Concession #6. He recognized that a residence on 6th Concession North resembled the house in the sketch prepared by the OPP artist in several key aspects. A laneway across the road also matched the location description. The officer drove down the laneway, across a culvert and up an incline to a large rock pile on the left side. After getting out of his car, the officer immediately noted the odour of decomposition and approached a group of trees beside the rock pile. He then was able to see a portion of green garbage bag beneath some rocks under a pine tree.

He had found Tori Stafford.

Post-Mortem

The body of Tori Stafford was removed under the supervision of the Chief Forensic Pathologist of Ontario, Dr. Michael Pollanen. The remains had suffered from significant decomposition in the time between April 8 and July 19. She was positively identified as Victoria Elizabeth Stafford using dental records. In addition, several items of clothing, including portions of a headband, a Hannah Montana T-shirt and the butterfly earrings were found with the body.

The cause of the death was determined to be multiple blunt force impact.

Nothing has been said about her co accused as he is still waiting trial and publication ban is in place. Much more information will surface once the ban has been lifted. It is sure to be unpleasant.

Police Brutality in BC

The Kelowna man kicked in the face while being arrested by the RCMP says he was just doing his job when he fired his shotgun to scare geese away from a golf course last Friday, and he is mystified by the force’s accusation that the incident is somehow connected to domestic violence.

Buddy Tavares, 51, was already dealing with a brain injury from a motorcycle accident when he was kicked by a plainclothes RCMP officer during a violent takedown that was caught on video.

The officer involved has since been suspended with pay while he faces an internal RCMP code of conduct investigation, as well as a criminal investigation.

After seeing this video it is easy to be upset, now can we get a little bit of Justice here?

Read more here

Bloc Quebecois-Get out of MY Country

It came as quite a shock to learn that $2.6-million of Canadian tax dollars was given to the Bloc Quebecois, as a subsidy. This amounts to 86% of their total funds. Obviously they are not capable of raising enough money on their own. Care to guess why? The majority of Canadians do not want a separation, thats why. Yet, we are funding their very existence, and we are providing the Bloc Quebecois taxpayer money to destroy my Country. We, as in our Government is. I would not choose for my money to be used for such a purpose. I wasn’t asked.

I was not asked about our parliament including the  Bloc Quebecois. I likely would have said “umm no that sounds stupid”. “Why would we want to have a party in our system that just wants to destroy us?” Can someone explain to me again why we are funding bilingualism when Quebec considers English illegal and won’t even allow it printed on signs?

Common sense has left the building

There are many more issues regarding this French 0nly boys club, and it gets my blood boiling to think we are paying them to stick around. Go back to Quebec, seal the borders, end the funding and subsidies, and leave us alone.