Posted on November 4, 2009 by Laila
You know what?
There is so much to talk about that is making my blood boil that I did not even need to turn the furnace on this morning. So, without the usual chatty preamble, I’m going to start with the closure of 5 legal aid offices in B.C.
That’s right, offices in Prince George, Surrey, Victoria, Kamloops and [...]
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Posted on November 3, 2009 by Laila
You see something like this, courtesy of Neal Hall, the Vancouver Sun:
The Mountie who repeatedly Tasered Robert Dziekanski at Vancouver’s airport two years ago has filed a libel lawsuit against the CBC.
The legal action by Constable Kwesi Millington claims that CBC’s coverage of the incident since Nov. 4, 2007 has caused him to suffer “serious [...]
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Posted on July 23, 2009 by Laila
*** updated 11 am, July 23rd-
Colin Hansen just announced that on July 1st, 2010, the BC government will “harmonize” the PST we pay with the Federal GST- in other words, they are going to combine the two taxes into one charge on your purchases. Read the press release HERE. What does this mean for [...]
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Posted on June 10, 2009 by Laila
Good morning people! I’m still not used to being back- something about all this noise is really hitting me hard! Damn, even the suburbs are ridiculously noisy all the time, which is why my 5 am run this morning was such a pleasure. Simply put, it was quiet. Which reminded me again why I must [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2009 by Laila
November 16th, 2007. http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/2007/11/16/taser-use-worldwide-controversial-at-best/
That is the day I blogged about my feelings regarding the RCMP’s response to Robert Dziekanski’s tasering death at Vancouver airport. Here we are, a year and a half after this post and we are only now getting some understanding into what happened that day. How interesting to note the events since 2007 [...]
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Posted on March 4, 2009 by Laila
For those of you who are just stopping by, there was another shooting near my home last night. Read the full account, with exclusive photo’s, here: http://lailayuile.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/rcmp-investigate-reports-of-shots-fired-in-newton-again/
It was very late before sleep finally engulfed me, the heightened adrenalin from the evenings events keeping me unnaturally awake. This is the third incident of violence for me in the area, since Friday [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Laila
Top of the morning to you, and look at that rain out there…… : ( You will not find me wearing any of those suddenly fashionable rubber boots that come in the most bizarre designs and colours. No, I’ve invested in a pair of sexy black boots that are completely impervious to water – and I [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2009 by Laila
The Vancouver Sun is reporting that the man who was killed in the most recent Surrey targeted hit was 21 year old Ralph Baldini – the same person who rented the north Surrey Penthouse where 6 people were brutally murdered in October 2007. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Three+slayings+hours+Metro+Vancouver/1249778/story.html
Shot while sitting in his vehicle outside of the London Drugs store [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2009 by Laila
A local RCMP officer will make his first appearance in Surrey Provincial Court on January 15th, where it is expected formal charges will be laid in relation to his involvement in a collision dating back to October 2008 where a young man dies at the scene – and the officer in question was allegedly impaired.
Corporal Benjamin [...]
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Posted on December 12, 2008 by Laila
Or so I hear, anyways.
As I sat wrapped in a blanket while the heat from my Kenyan coffee worked its magic in my veins, my eyes widened in disbelief over the Weather Channels forecast for the week ahead….- 15c ? -17c? Hello!! I double checked online to ensure that some screw-up had not been made, but [...]
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