I decided to put this here. Not only is it a hate crime, but also a sex crime, as the perp did it because the men were gay!!

By THE CANADIAN PRESS
   
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VANCOUVER -- A 20-year-old Vancouver man faces a charge of assault causing bodily harm in connection with an incident that police are calling a gay bashing.

Michael Kandola is due to appear in court today to face the charge after being released on bail over the weekend. He has not entered a plea.

Jordan Smith says he was holding hands with a man Friday night when the pair were approached by five men.

Smith says they started yelling profanities and gay slurs, and when he walked away, the group pursued.

Smith says he was hit on the head so hard he was knocked unconscious.

His jaw is broken in three places and will be wired shut this week.

Police are recommending that the case be prosecuted as a hate crime, a designation that increases punishment. They say they don't plan on charging anyone else in the incident.

  This is so cruel, and heartless!!! R.I.P.

By MICHELLE THOMPSON, SUN MEDIA
   

A teenage girl is dead after being attacked by a man on an Edson pathway yesterday afternoon.

"It definitely is being treated as a homicide," RCMP Cpl. Wayne Oakes said, adding about 20 officers are investigating the case.

Cops said the girl, whose name and age were not released by press time, was attacked by a man about 4:45 p.m. on a tree-lined path bordering homes.

Police said two youngsters came upon the attack, which occurred near Willshire Estates and Old Tiffin, and raced to a nearby home for assistance.

After emergency crews tried reviving the girl, she was taken to Edson hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Police believe the suspect might have fled the area on an ATV vehicle or another mode of transportation.

Investigators are looking for a white man in his 30s with brown hair. He was wearing a blue jacket and jeans at the time of the attack.

Anyone with information is asked to call Edson RCMP at 780-723-8800.

Or, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

I have been doing some reading, on Choroform. It was found in the trunk where Caylee, may have died. Traces of human decomposition were also found. We have been told it was left over pizza, making that incredible smell. Then it was road kill, or animals, then squirrels.

Ok, what if Casey was used to drugging her daughter, when she went partying. Left her sleeping in the trunk. Maybe, and all this is my speculations, it started with Xanax, as that was mentionned, then Mom, tried chloroform. From what I understand, too much, can cause nausea, vomiting- which in itself will produce phlem, blood, particles, of the inside of a person to be also ejected, onto the blanket, or the inside of the trunk..

Casey was then heard telling someone, the "squirrel", was dead, and may have had a nest(for dramatic affect), and more smell.It was sliding off the dumpster, and the vehicle.

Casey reminds me of a 14 year old teen, just breaking out, and doing some hard partying. Face it, kids, these days, do a hell of a lot more than smoke weed.But Casey was also smoking a lot more weed. Much of it is laced with chemicals to enhance the high, and lose control.Add alcohol, maybe pop a pill, and you got yourself a night of partying with not much re call if any.

Casey already said, if her parents wanted Caylee that bad they could have her, no problem. What made it a problem? Casey already said, she was un able to cope, and wanted to party. The parents, new this!!!! So what happened to Caylee???
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http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp6.html



The chapter of most relevance is Chapter 2, "Health Effects".  I've
provided a link and some excerpts below, but to sum things up in
regards to your question:


--Drinking 100 ml of chloroform could indeed kill a person
--especially a small woman -- but there's no certainty of this.  Folks
have died from drinking doses as small as 10 ml, but have also
survived after drinking much larger amounts.


--Short of death, drinking that amount of chloroform would make a
person awfully sick, and would attack the liver, probably inducing a
case of toxic hepatitis:  weakness, jaundice, and possible long-term
liver damage. It can also induce a coma.


--Inhalation of chloroform is less likely to be deadly -- especially
if the person is breathing air at the same time -- but death can
occur.


--More likely effects of inhaling chloroform are dizziness, nausea,
disorientation, headache and possible drunken-like behavior.
Longer-term exposure can lead to hallucinations and psychotic
episodes.




Here are some of the more relevant excerpts from the Chapter I mentioned:


http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp6-c2.pdf


Ingestion of chloroform:

Information regarding mortality in humans after oral exposure to
chloroform is limited. In one report, a man died of severe hepatic
injury 9 days after reportedly drinking .6 ounces of chloroform (3,755
mg/kg) (Piersol et al. 1933). He was admitted to a hospital in a deep
coma within 15 minutes of ingestion. This man was also noted to be a
long-time user of chloroform in his occupation and a heavy drinker,
suggesting that damage inflicted by previous use of chloroform and
alcohol over a long period of time may have been contributing factors
in his death. In contrast, a patient who ingested 4 ounces (.2,410
mg/kg) recovered from toxic hepatitis (Schroeder 1965). The recovery
may have been due to better therapeutic handling of the case. Fatal
doses have been reported to be as low as 10 mL (14.8 grams) or 212
mg/kg (Schroeder 1965).


Inhalation of chloroform:

Hepatic Effects. Chloroform-induced hepatotoxicity is one of the major
toxic effects observed in both humans and animals after inhalation
exposure. Increased sulfobromophthalein retention was observed in some
patients exposed to chloroform via anesthesia (exposure 8,000-10,000
ppm), indicating impaired liver function (Smith et al. 1973). Serum
transaminase, cholesterol, total bilirubin, and alkaline phosphatase
levels were not affected. Transient jaundice has also been reported in
one study (Whitaker and Jones 1965), while several earlier studies
report acute hepatic necrosis in women exposed to chloroform via
anesthesia (exact exposure not provided) during childbirth (Lunt 1953;
Royston 1924; Townsend 1939). The effects observed in the women
included jaundice, liver enlargement and tenderness, delirium, coma,
and death.



Neurological Effects The central nervous system is a major target for
chloroform toxicity in humans and in animals. Chloroform was once
widely used as an anesthetic during surgery in humans, but is not
currently used as a surgical inhalant anesthetic in modern-day medical
practice. Levels of 3,000-30,000 ppm were used to induce anesthesia
(Featherstone 1947; Smith et al. 1973; Whitaker and Jones 1965).
Concentrations of .40,000 ppm, if continued for several minutes, could
result in death (Featherstone 1947). To induce anesthesia, increasing
the concentration of chloroform gradually to 25,000 or 30,000 ppm
during the first 2 or 3 minutes with maintenance at much lower levels
was recommended. Concentrations <1,500 ppm are insufficient to induce
anesthesia; concentration of 1,500-2,000 ppm cause light anesthesia
(Goodman and Gilman 1980). Dizziness and vertigo were observed in
humans after exposure to 920 ppm chloroform for 3 minutes; headache
and slight intoxication were observed at higher concentrations
(Lehmann and Hasegawa 1910). Exhaustion was reported in 10 women
exposed to .22 ppm chloroform during intermediateand chronic-duration
occupational exposures (Challen et al. 1958). Chronic exposure to
chloroform concentrations .77 ppm caused exhaustion, lack of
concentration, depression, or irritability in 9 of 10 occupationally
exposed women. A case report of an individual addicted to chloroform
inhalation for .12 years reported psychotic episodes, hallucinations
and delusions, and convulsions

I myself am glad to hear of this. It is a step forward, and I love those smiles!!
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/story.html?id=53560ce0-480d-41d2-a236-25f41370a1e4 Please press for pics. Thanks.
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Friday ? September 19 ? 2008
 
M?tis get $18M boost from gov't
 
Elise Stolte
The Edmonton Journal

Friday, September 19, 2008

Students at Kikino Elementary School show off their fiddling skills, a traditional part of M?tis culture.
CREDIT: Chris Schwarz, The Journal
Students at Kikino Elementary School show off their fiddling skills, a traditional part of M?tis culture.

KIKINO - On the Kikino M?tis Settlement there are no gang signs spray-painted on the stucco, no coffee cups or sandwich wrappers in the tall grass and no kids wandering about on a weekday -- or if there are, they stay out of sight.

Living two families to a house is normal here. But attendance at the community elementary school is 90 per cent, says Principal Laurie Thompson.

On Thursday, M?tis leaders and Alberta Aboriginal Relations Minister Gene Zwozdesky signed an $18-million interim funding agreement for the eight settlements over the next three years.

"That's not enough," says Thompson, "but at least it's a start, and we celebrate that because that's how far we've come."

Alberta's M?tis are descendants of French, Scottish and Norwegian trappers who intermarried with the Cree. Unlike Status Indians, they pay federal and provincial income taxes, but don't pay property taxes. They hold their land in common.

Alberta's M?tis settlements -- initially there were 12 -- were formed in 1938. Four were later dissolved. In 1990, they won an amendment to the Alberta Act writing their existence into law.

Now the 9,000 members in Alberta have a right to self-government, rights to all renewable resources on their 1.25 million acres of land, and the right to charge royalties on the oil and gas on top of those charged by the province.

In 1960, Leona White was the first Kikino member to graduate from Grade 12.

Ten years later, her brother, Floyd Thompson, was the second. Slowly the numbers edged up to average one each year, then three.

Last year, 13 graduated, which is a record, says Laurie Thompson, who is Floyd's daughter. "But I taught that class (in Grade 6). They were 28."

Life in Kikino is a slow struggle upward. The funding announced Thursday will be used to improve the effectiveness of councils on M?tis settlements and increase long-term sustainability.

It's the first step toward a long-term funding arrangement to replace the 17-year agreement signed in 1990.

Funds can be used for training council members and administrators, setting up a M?tis accountability office and for education, community policing and small business development.

The terms of the agreement came after years of negotiations between the M?tis communities and the province.

The goal is to help communities flourish on their own, says Zwozdesky. "Today is a major step in that direction."

You won't find fancy new administration buildings, community halls or recreation centres in Kikino. Those are still decades old, built of painted brown logs. So is the community- owned general store, where the names of those with overdue videos are simply written on the wall -- Claudia Cardinal still has Bring It On, due back last November.

But just down a paved road, the elementary school is bright and well kept, with smart screens replacing blackboards and surround sound for the hearing impaired in every classroom.

Students who bus to Lac La Biche and make it past Grade 12 get post-secondary tuition paid for up to five years.

The community wants to invest in its non-renewable resources, Thompson says. They took in $300,000 this year from their gravel pit and $700,000 in royalties from oil and gas and put it into their $5-million trust fund.

But even with the money saved and earning interest, they need to start developing renewable resources, he says. "There isn't a quarter section that doesn't have a seismic line or well site on it. We need to find a way to replace that." Already they're starting to harvest jack pine forests. And they're investing in tourism -- a buffalo and elk game farm, a rodeo, a campground and cabin resort on the banks of Whitefish Lake.

The cracks in the system show up in housing. M?tis can't get mortgages to build a houses because they don't own the land. Couples and families apply to get houses when they need one, but waits are often three to five years, said administrator Roger Littlechilds. Two years ago, 75 people from the community of 1,200 applied to get houses, but council decided to pay for renovations instead, Littlechilds said.

In the school, 60 of the 100 students are special needs; many have learning disabilities or behaviour problems.

The school introduced M?tis traditional jig and fiddle classes just over a year ago and the kids with the most behavior problems "are the kids that do best at it," Thompson says.

estolte@thejournal.canwest.com
? The Edmonton Journal 2008

So this is the 4th body to be discovered, and no identity!Come on people, start opening up. Ya got a weird, or whacky neighbour or relative, and you suspect something but are afraid to speak up, do something right, and call the cops!!!


By SUN MEDIA
   

Investigators are still trying to determine the identity of human skeletal remains discovered straddling a tree line and a field in Strathcona County three weeks ago.

RCMP spokesman Const. Wally Henry says tips from the public have slowed down and forensic experts have not determined the sex, age or how long the remains had been in a field near Township Road 542 and Range Road 255, just south of Fort Saskatchewan.

The grisly discovery was made by a farmer working in the field on Aug. 25.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2008/09/12/pf-6742481.html
Please press link for picture!
By MICHELLE THOMPSON, SUN MEDIA

Police released this image of a sex assault suspect. (RCMP photo)

A pervert appears to be slithering through communities west of Edmonton, prompting police to issue a warning about the round-faced creep.

"Given the nature, the extent and how many incidents there were, investigators have been working extremely hard on this," said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Wayne Oakes. "We want to do everything we can to ensure the safety of Albertans, and to ensure this little spree does not continue any further."

Cops say the latest reported sexual assaults happened Monday, when at least six victims in two communities were targeted in a span of a few hours.

Beginning at about 4 p.m., the pervert assaulted at least one woman at a Hinton store. At 4:45, the same man is believed to have tried to lure two teenaged girls into his vehicle. Minutes later, police suspect the same sicko convinced a seven-year-old girl into his vehicle, but she managed to jump out a few moments later.

About 5:45, a man with the same description sexually assaulted two women in the Edson Wal-Mart, 90 km east.

Fifteen minutes later, a vehicle matching the descripion of the truck in the Hinton cases was seen at a gas station at the east end of Edson.
   

"We can advise that in this set of circumstances, the allegations of these offences did not result in any significant degree of harm," Oakes said. "Any act of sexual assault is not permissible and should not be tolerated."

Police believe the Wal-Mart incidents are connected to the attempted luring of two teen girls, as well as the attempted abduction of the seven-year-old girl in Hinton.

Cops are looking for a white man, about five-foot-five and medium build, with a round face, round glasses and short brown hair. He may have a small goatee. He wore a white T-shirt with a black shirt underneath, and khaki pants.

Cops say the man was driving a dark blue or black 2000 Dodge Dakota with a B.C. licence plate. The truck had a lot of after-market modifications, including a front bush bar with square fog lights, headache rack, hoodscoops, box rails, chrome-plated mud flaps, tube running boards and black rims.

Come on Willie, use your brain!!!!! Pretend you are back in the ring, and quit trying to say this type of crap is not that bad! TOO HARSH??  The offender was a cop, you know, they are supposed to help? Get it???


By SUN MEDIA
   

CALGARY -- Disgraced Mountie Guy Armand Raes, who was sentenced Monday to eight months in jail for molesting a wayward teen whom he took under his wing, could be back on the street tomorrow.

Defence counsel Willie de Wit yesterday filed an appeal of the sentence and said he will be seeking bail for his client, hopefully before the end of the week.

"I'm trying to get it in (tomorrow)," de Wit said.

In his brief appeal notice filed at Court of Queen's Bench, de Wit said Raes' sentence was far too harsh.

"The sentence imposed by the learned trial judge is, in all the circumstances of the case, excessive," he wrote as his sole ground of appeal.

The case is being heard in Queen's Bench because Crown prosecutor Craig Krieger proceeded by way of summary conviction instead of by indictment.

The less serious procedure meant Raes faced a maximum jail term of 18 months, instead of the 10 years for indictable sexual assaults.

Raes, 51, pleaded guilty last week to sexual assault in connection with a Feb. 13, 2007, incident in which he fondled the breasts of a 17-year-old girl he had driven to a secluded rural location.

Raes had become a confidant of the teen after she approached him two years earlier about her problems with drugs and alcohol.

Provincial court Judge Barb Veldhuis handed Raes an eight-month jail term, even though de Wit sought a conditional sentence and Krieger proposed a 90-day term.

Veldhuis said Raes' position as a police officer, along with his severe breach of the trust the teen had in him, called for a harsher sentence.