The Surrey Police Union has slammed Justin Trudeau over his claim that the Liberals’ gun ban achieved its intended goal.
They argued that the policy did little to prevent firearms from making their way into Canada from the United States.
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HUNTER: ‘Out-of-touch’ Trudeau claims Liberals have smashed handgun market … Toronto Police Association shuts him down
The loved ones of single mom Kassidy Ballantyne-Holmes never got the firearms memo.
The 35-year-old Stratford woman was shot to death early on Oct. 15. Her family and friends are now trying to make sense of her senseless slaying.
Criminals did not get your message. Our communities are experiencing a 45% increase in shootings and a 62% increase in gun-related homicides compared to this time last year. What difference does your handgun ban make when 85% of guns seized by our members can be sourced to the… https://t.co/DOyjfCXHfe
— Toronto Police Association (@TPAca) October 22, 2024
h/t Mauser
Canadian-Made Fentanyl Increasingly Being Shipped Overseas: Global Affairs
Fentanyl made in Canada by criminals is increasingly being shipped to international markets, according to a briefing note from the department of foreign affairs.
“Seizures of Canada-sourced fentanyl in places like the U.S. and Australia suggest that domestic production is likely exceeding domestic demand, and that Canada is now a source (and transit) country for fentanyl to some markets,” said the briefing note from June, which was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.
The Horror! Toronto judge makes gunman in Ramadan mass shooting read victims’ words
He’s gonna serve all of 3 years with time served factored in. That’ll show him.
I bet reading the victim statements gets him off on appeal.
Former Olympic Snowboarder Wanted by F.B.I. on Murder and Drug Charges
A Canadian snowboarder who competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics is wanted by the F.B.I. on charges of conspiring to ship hundreds of kilograms of cocaine into Canada and the United States and on suspicion of orchestrating multiple murders, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California announced in a statement on Thursday.
The snowboarder, Ryan James Wedding, 43, born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, was indicted along with 15 others on charges of running a transnational drug trafficking operation that shipped bulk quantities of cocaine from California to Canada from about January to April 2024, the U.S. attorney’s office said in its statement. Mr. Wedding, a fugitive who was believed to be living in Mexico, was charged with eight felonies including one count of conspiracy to export cocaine and three counts of murder in connection with a drug crime.
Video shows violent robbery north of Toronto, suspects make off with suitcase full of cash: police
Police north of Toronto have released video of what they’re describing as a violent, targeted robbery in Thornhill, where suspects boxed in the victim’s car and made off with a suitcase filled with cash.
#WATCH: Man gets violently robbed for a luggage bag full of money he took out just minutes earlier, at a cash exchange store in Thornhill yesterday. pic.twitter.com/MyStAD6l8w
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) October 9, 2024
Are FBI Crime Statistics Reliable?
The agency’s process is shrouded in mystery, and its numbers are often inconsistent.
The mainstream media has recently trumpeted the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s estimate that violent crime fell 3 percent nationally from 2022 to 2023. They have largely ignored, however, the latest iteration of the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which found a 9 percent increase in property crime in urban areas over that span—part of a 26 percent rise in urban property crime, alongside a whopping 40 percent surge in urban violent crime, from 2019 to 2023.
Set aside, for a moment, the media’s downplaying of BJS’s inconvenient urban-crime data. Are the FBI’s statistics really precise enough to make much of a reported 3 percent annual change in violent crime?
Foreigners continue fishing illegally in Ontario
ILLEGAL SALMON RUN FISHING IN GTA IS OVERWHELMING AUTHORITIES
…according to this resident who monitors the area pic.twitter.com/HHj7B9n23K
— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) October 8, 2024
Jamie Sarkonak: Teen murderers and rapists need to be named
A quiet community two hours northwest of Edmonton became a site of true human horror last month when a young woman of only 18 — dressed for a night out in the city, not a weekend of camping — was found bleeding from numerous stab wounds in a ditch. Her attackers had dumped her there to die.
And because those accused of butchering her were under 18, there’s a good chance we’ll never get to learn their names, even if they are convicted.
Man accused of shooting Toronto police officer was out on bail
The man accused of shooting a Toronto police officer in the abdomen Wednesday night was out on bail at the time, the Star has learned.
A 21-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night and is expected to be in court Thursday in connection with the shooting on Lillian Street near Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue.
Better info from the Sun: Suspected cop shooter described as ‘complete ass****’
Canada’s Racist Society To Blame For Black’s Shooting One Another Says Expert
To prevent homicide in Toronto, we must start with addressing grief in Black communities
Homicide grief among Black communities in Canada has reached pandemic proportions — and it requires an urgent, co-ordinated public health response.
… Make no mistake, though. This isn’t a disease of Black communities. It’s a societal problem that will continue to worsen if not addressed. As with the inequitable spread of COVID-19, racism and inequalities embedded in our social structures and systems underlie homicide’s disproportionate pervasiveness.
Media Spin Crime Surge as ‘Crime Is Down,’ ‘Historic Low’
After the Justice Department recently released two reports documenting crime trends in the U.S., the liberal media seized on the less accurate of the two to portray crime as being down in spite of violent crime rates (primarily in Democrat-run parts of the country) actually being up compared to five years earlier. And aggravated assault levels appear higher than they’ve been in decades.
WARMINGTON: Accused auto theft crew allegedly tied to ‘Porsche Girl’ busted
Just call them the alleged Honey Pot Five.
Investigators claim the infamous Porsche girl – accused of being involved in a sneaky auto theft ring – wasn’t working alone.
And 18-year-old Sarah Badshaw is now no longer alone before the courts, either.
Did she sing?
If Convicted, Mayor Adams Faces Up to 45 Years’ Imprisonment
In the 57-page indictment against Mayor Eric Adams, on which Haley and David report, the five statutory charges are set forth at the end, starting at page 49. The penalties aggregate to a potential 45 years’ imprisonment.
To be clear, that is the statutory maximum (the minimum is zero time). Federal sentencing is controlled by the Sentencing Guidelines. For conviction on some of all these charges, the guidelines would no doubt call for a stiff penalty, but would unlikely be close to 45 years.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted by grand jury in historic federal probe
Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted by a grand jury on charges connected to a federal probe that has shaken his administration, sources told The Post.
The historic indictment is expected to be unsealed Thursday by US Attorney Damian Williams, according to the sources. The news was first reported by The New York Times.
Adams will surrender to authorities early next week, sources said.