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Huh?
Okay, as strange and sad as this may be, why would it be a crime? Thankfully, it wasn’t a tricycle.
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Remembrance Day
There was a point, this past April in France, that the numbers of graves overwhelmed me. After the ceremonies at Vimy, after visiting my Grandfather’s front lines at Vimy, after Hill 70, I tried to get to as many Commonwealth War Grave Cemeteries, where men from Roblin were buried, as I could. Cemetery after cemetery…
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Backup
There have been many calls, in light of the murders of Chris Worden and Doug Scott, for a mandatory backup policy in the RCMP, a policy that would require members to attend many calls with at least one other member. It is long overdue. But as a policy for the well being of members it…
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Vimy Underground
Early in the film Vimy Underground (The History Channel – Nov. 6th, 8pm ET) Lt. Col Shane Schreiver descends into a Cavern near Neuville St Vaast France. The cavern, originally constructed by french farmers to hide in in time of war, was used by Canadian Soldiers during the Great War in the days leading up…
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And yet another is gone.
When I was still a member I never thought much about not coming home from a call. I thought a lot about officer safety, about what I needed to do to keep safe. Ultimately though, it was rare that you would think to yourself, there’s a chance I might not get out of this alive.…
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It slices! It dices! It juliennes (whatever that is)
It’s the 61st installment of I and the Bird, the infomercial version. Brought to you by N8 at the Drinking Bird. Full of bird blogging goodness. Operators standing by. But you must act now.
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There goes the sun
It almost escaped my notice this year, but today is the day the sun sets, not to return for the next 3 months. In actual terms the sun will continue to rise at this latitude for another week or so, but because Arctic Bay is surrounded by mountains and hills we’ll not see it here…
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Halloween
I’m struggling trying to write about Halloween this year. Mostly because it would be my third Halloween that I’ve written about, so how do you find something fresh to say? One of the things that is great about Halloween up here (and at times infuriating) is that it is scheduled. Trick or treating was between…
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Some odds and ends
I can not tell you how disappointed I am in the current government’s decision to no longer fight for clemency for Canadians on death row in the US (There is currently one Canadian on Death Row there). I’ve long been proud of my country’s opposition to the death penalty, now it looks like that is…
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Distractions
Well, I had sat down, already to get at some writing, when I thought I’d follow a couple of links that brought hits to the House. That led to me leaving a couple of comments on other’s blogs, which led to me checking out my new google/blogger profile that I had to add to leave…
