Week in Review - 26 Jul 2024 Archive

 

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Friday, July 26, 2024

 

CCFR Radio EP 170: Liberals Voted Out in Toronto! New Liberal Deer Cull Disaster! Poly Stupidery (Latest Episode)

For the latest information on what's been happening at the CCFR, check out our most recent Podcast with host Rod Giltaca.

In this episode: Liberals lose pivotal riding to Conservatives, they’re even gaslighting themselves, lol. Letter from CCFR member about to lose handguns. Sidney Island Deer Cull gets even worse in latest update. Poly stays consistently dishonest (and crazy). All that and more!

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🚨 Attention Perry Township Residents 🚨

The Township of Perry Ontario has proposed new regulations for the discharge of firearms.

The new by-law includes new requirements for Perry Township residents who wish to discharge firearms on their private property, to obtain written permission from the local government, and allow by-law officers (conservation officers, peace officers, etc.) to enter and inspect your property at their discretion, among other criteria.

Firearms owners are are welcome to attend councils regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday August 21, 2024 at 7 PM.

More details, including a draft of the proposed by-law, can be found here.



2024 CCFR Gunnie Girl Calendar: Ms. July

Summer is in full swing and that means we’re already turning to July in the 2024 CCFR Gunnie Girl calendar! Let’s say hello to our model and sponsor for the month.

Model/CCFR Member: Dana
Page Sponsor: General Gun Supply

Photo credit: Baz Kanda

The CCFR Gunnie Girl calendar is our fundraiser that generates support for the CCFR Women’s Program each year. Those funds are used to sponsor women’s range days and other events across Canada.

DO YOU HAVE A LADIES DAY EVENT being planned for 2024? Would you like sponsorship for the event? Contact us at [email protected] for more information on what’s involved.

Did You Know?

Did you know that all the women featured in our calendar are CCFR members, ambassadors for their sport/industry, and represent Canadian women across our community? The model call for 2025 has closed but we will be posting for next year in the spring! Email [email protected] for more information!

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Continue reading at CTV News


Project Warlock: 18 Charged With 150 Offences in Violent Peel Home Invasions, Carjackings

ONTARIO — An investigation into 17 violent home invasions, armed robberies and carjackings in Peel Region and the GTA has led to 150 charges against 18 people — one as young as 14.

Six of the accused were already on release orders and nine of the accused have already been released on bail.

Project Warlock also recovered more than 12 stolen vehicles valued at $1.2 million, $55,000 worth of stolen property, four prohibited firearms — one with obliterated serial number, and two imitation firearms after officers executed 60 search warrants.

“In 2024, right here here in Peel Region, we have experienced 87 carjackings,” Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah told a press conference Tuesday in a Brampton neighbourhood that he said has seen three home invasions.

“In addition to (the carjackings) we’ve had 54 home invasions. That’s a 58% increase in carjackings and an astounding 350% increase in home invasions year over year."

Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich told media Project Warlock "had all the hallmarks of the issues affecting our community safety. It included the use of illegal firearms... Access to illegal firearms is becoming too prevalent."

"This year alone, our police service has seized almost 200 illegal firearms. On average, that's one per day. Nearly all of the firearms that are used in carjackings and home invasions, are illegal firearms that are illegally smuggled from the U.S." he said.

Brampton North MPP Graham McGregor joined the chorus of voices Tuesday expressing distress that several of those charged in Project Warlock were already out of on bail and he reinforced the need for federal bail reform.

“This is a story that residents are sick and tired of hearing,” said McGregor.

“Repeat and violent offenders who continue to walk our streets because of the continuing revolving door of our justice system. Shame on our society that these individuals are allowed out on bail to do it again.”

Note: The Peel Police Service Board also published the following letter critical of the federal government, and its failure to address the broken justice system, but it was not reported on. You can read it below.

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Gun Buyback Worries Gov’t

CANADA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s department is refusing comment over its hiring of forensic auditors to assess risk of a “national compensation program.” Staff would not confirm they anticipated millions in fraud and waste through a costly gun buyback scheme scheduled in 2025.

“The Department of Public Safety has a requirement to perform a fraud risk assessment of a national compensation program targeting businesses and individuals,” the department wrote in a notice to forensic auditors. “Working with a team of dedicated stakeholders, the external firm is expected to undertake a systematic and thorough process to identify, evaluate and help address internal and external fraud vulnerabilities related to the national compensation program.”

“There are security requirements associated with this requirement,” said the notice Fraud Risk Assessment For A National Compensation Program. Auditors would be hired in August with a risk assessment due in eight months, it said.

The public safety department refused Blacklock’s requests for copies of the bidding documents including statements of work. However the contractors’ timeline coincides with the promised 2025 launch of Minister LeBlanc’s federal buyback of prohibited firearms. A current amnesty period expires October 30, 2025.

Cabinet in 2020 enacted Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms that banned some 1,500 high-powered firearms. The Department of Public Safety has repeatedly postponed enforcement of the order due to stiff resistance and concerns over costs.

“If we take the estimate for example of 150,000 to 200,000 of these weapons that would be surrendered and for which compensation would be paid on an average price, and we’ve done some calculation on this of approximately $1,300 per firearm, the estimate is somewhere between $300 million and $400 million,” then-Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told reporters in 2020. “But it really depends on knowing exactly how many of these firearms are currently possessed in Canada...”

Continue reading at Blacklock's Reporter


Danielle Smith Confirms Alberta Will Update Bill of Rights in Fall Session

ALBERTA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the fall update to the province’s bill of rights will protect Albertans’ personal medical decisions, including the right to refuse a vaccine.

Smith’s pledge came during a town hall in Bonnyville with over 300 UCP members, where she discussed strengthening residents’ liberties and freedoms, lowering taxes, protecting the province from federal overreach, and improving healthcare.

"Big thank-you to the 300+ UCP members who came out on a Friday evening tonight in Bonnyville for our town hall to talk about how we are going to continue to strengthen our liberties and freedoms, lower taxes, protect our province from Ottawa, and improve health care. So many great questions and exceptionally positive feedback. I love spending time connecting with our members!" she said in a post on X.

Leighton Grey, a lawyer with Grey Wowk Spencer LLC who was attending the event, said "The Premier announced tonight that a new AB Bill of Rights will be introduced in the Fall session. It will recognize individual bodily autonomy & protect personal property rights. Great news for every Albertan!" in a post on X.

Smith confirmed the plans in a statement to True North.

In the fall, we will be introducing legislation to amend Alberta’s bill of rights. Several amendments are being considered to strengthen Albertans’ individual and property rights, including an amendment to guarantee Albertans the right to accept or refuse a medical treatment,” she said...

Continue reading at True North


Canada's Gun Confiscation... Where Are We At?

ONTARIO — Cory from Code of Arms TV released the full conversation he had with the CCFR's Tracey Wilson at the 2024 Toronto Sportsmen's Show. They discuss the 'newly cemented' legislation, Bill C-21, and what that means for the average gun owner, as well as next steps in the CCFR v. Canada court case, and what the CCFR is doing to prepare for the next election.

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A couple years ago ‘Aba N Preach,’ two successful Canadian YouTubers from Montréal, told their large audience that Justin Trudeau's legal gun bans would fail largely because criminals in Quebec were using unlicensed, illegal 3D-printed guns.

They also pointed out that Montreal police had sought help from the mafia, indicating that law enforcement, didn't have control of the situation.

Watch on YouTube

Continue reading at Winnipeg Sun


Up to 50 Shots Fired in Deadly “Gun Battle” in Scarborough

ONTARIO — “Where is he, where is he?”

Those were the anguished cries from a father looking for a son believed to have been gunned down early Wednesday outside of a Scarborough plaza.

Darryl McCann had to be restrained by two police officers as he barreled into the crime scene strewn with over 50 shell casings after two people were shot dead, including a woman, and two others were serious hurt during what was described a “gun battle.”

Toronto Police said the deadly quadruple shooting occurred in the parking lot of a strip mall on Ellesmere Rd. near Birkdale Rd. — located between Midland Ave. and Brimley Rd. around 2:30 a.m.

McCann dropped to the ground in the plaza and started pounding the pavement, knowing it was his son who’d been shot.

“He (his son) called me after midnight and said he was going to meet his girlfriend,” said McCann, mentioning the last time he would hear from his son, who had just celebrated his 22nd birthday on Monday.

Toronto Police Homicide Det. Ron Benson said it “appears to have been some kind of gun battle” that took place in the parking lot. At least 76 numbered police markers were visible in the parking lot.

“I don’t have any information in regard to the number of groups or persons involved,” said Benson.

A handgun was retrieved at the scene, but Benson could not confirm who it belonged to...

Note: CCFR Staff discovered the location of the shooting was known to police, and frequented by ‘young kids’ to do ‘drugs and drink alcohol,’ according the most recent review on Trip Advisor in July of 2022 (see below).

Continue reading at Toronto Sun

Continue reading at CP24


3 Shootings, 1 Flamethrower: Hamilton Experiences Another Violent 24 HRs

ONTARIO — Two shootings that took place within a half an hour of each other Wednesday evening are connected, Hamilton police say.

Officers first received reports of a shooting around 8:11 p.m. at the Chuck’s Roadhouse Bar and Grill located at 135 Upper Centennial Pkwy., formerly a Boston Pizza location.

Once on scene, police found evidence of gunfire. The restaurant was unoccupied at the time of the incident.

Witnesses to this first shooting are describing the suspect vehicle as a black Honda. They also identified the driver as a tanned man wearing a medical mask.

Shortly after the first reported shooting, another call came in to police at 8:28 p.m. detailing reports of shots fired at a home on Spring Valley Crescent near West 5th Street.

Officers dispatched to the area, where evidence of a shooting was confirmed.

There were two individuals at the residence during the incident, but police say no injuries were reported.

Witnesses describe the suspect vehicle as a dark grey Honda Civic with two men inside, and both were also wearing medical masks.

Hamilton police initially believed the two shootings were separate. But in an update Thursday afternoon, investigators say both incidents are connected and involve the same suspects.

Then, four Hamilton officers received treatment for smoke inhalation after being charged at by a woman in distress, wielding a flamethrower.

Emergency crews were dispatched to a home on Magnolia Drive, between the Linc and Mohawk Road West.

Paramedics were also seen in front of the home.

Continue reading at CHCH News


Young Woman Killed in North East Calgary Shooting Not Intended Target: CPS

ALBERTA — Police say a young woman who was killed in a daylight shooting in the city’s northeast over the weekend was likely not the intended target.

Calgary police began investigating after officers were called to Foothills Medical Centre around 6 p.m. Saturday for reports of two people arriving at the hospital who had been shot.

In an update on Monday, investigators now say they think the shooting happened around 5:20 p.m. when the two victims were in a white 2008 Acura MDX driving westbound on 32 Avenue NE on the Deerfoot Trail overpass.

A suspect vehicle drove up to the Acura and fired multiple shots at the victims, police say.

A young woman who was sitting in the passenger seat was pronounced dead in hospital. Following an autopsy completed on Monday, she has been identified as 19-year-old Calgary resident Jordan Leinen.

The 17-year-old male driver arrived at hospital with serious injuries. His condition is now stable.

Police don’t think the shooting was random but they do not believe Leinen was the intended target.

Staff Sgt. Sean Gregson of the Calgary Police Service Homicide Unit says it appears the 17-year-old boy was the target.

“A young woman lost her life, and a family is now left without their loved one,” says Gregson. “This type of violence will not be tolerated in our city, and we are putting several resources from across the Service into investigating this incident.”

Continue reading at CityNews


Winnipeg Police Stretched to Limit in Crime Fight: Acting Chief

MANITOBA — Violent crime in Winnipeg is up 12.1% according to the most recent police statistics – stabbings, shootings, murders, assaults, bear spray attacks, rape and drug trafficking to name a few.

The Winnipeg Sun spoke with Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) Acting Chief Art Stannard to find out who is responsible for the city’s failure to reign in crime and what is being done to alter the trend.

“I want to loosen up the elastic band,” said Stannard of the 200-300 daily calls for police service in Winnipeg, noting crime reduction is everyone’s responsibility – not just government and police.

“If you symbolize the elastic band that stretches to the limit, I can tell you we are at that limit.”

According to the most recent data from Statistics Canada, Winnipeg’s crime severity index rose 20% from 2021 – 2022.

Additional 2023 WPS data shows a 31.4% increase in violent crime over a five year average. Firearm use was up. Knife crime was up. General weapon use was up.

Shoplifters in Winnipeg are now arming themselves, said Stannard.

A revolving door justice system isn’t helping matters, he said. Criminals are arrested, taken to central processing and often turned back onto the street to reoffend.

“The suspect will then say, ‘Good luck everybody, I’ll be out before you can even start your report,’ ” said Stannard.

Stannard acknowledged the need for ongoing support for Winnipeggers suffering from mental illness and homelessness, but he said there’s room for a law and order approach where perpetrators are held accountable for their crimes.

“People have a right to feel safe in their communities,” he said, noting there’s a segment of the population whose livelihood comes from crime.

“We have to go after them. And then there are people who are suffering from different things, but that doesn’t give them the right to go rob a store.”

Continue reading at Winnipeg Sun

Continue reading at CHEK News


York Police Investigating 2 Separate Targeted Shootings at Homes in Richmond Hill, Markham

ONTARIO — York police are investigating two separate shootings at homes in Richmond Hill and Markham that are believed to be targeted incidents.

The first occurred on July 18 in the area of Windfields Road and Beckenridge Drive in Markham.

Video captured from the area showed a four-door white sedan approach the home at around 3:40 a.m. and a suspect is seeing firing several shots before fleeing the area. No one was injured.

Three days after the incident, police were called to the same address for a report of a vehicle on fire at around 1:45 a.m. Sunday.

Video shows a grey SUV in the area before a suspect approaches a parked vehicle in the driveway on foot and pours a flammable liquid on it before setting it on fire.

During the same week, a home in Richmond Hill was also targeted in a shooting incident.

York police say on July 19 around 1 a.m., the complainant called police to say someone had just fired shots at his home in the Elm Avenue and Springbrook Drive.

When officers arrived, a number of bullet casings were found on and around the driveway along with damage to several walls and ceilings within the home.

Three people were inside the house at the time of the shooting but no one was injured.

Video surveillance captured two suspects approach the area on foot, fire off several rounds and then run away. A dark-coloured SUV with tinted windows is then seen leaving the area.

Continue reading at CityNews


Federal Justice Minister Responds to Eby, Other Premiers on Bail Reform After Random Surrey Murder

BRITISH COLUMBIA — The federal minister of justice penned a response Wednesday to the country’s premiers who demanded bail reform following the release of a man accused of killing a Surrey woman.

On Monday, Canada’s premiers sent a letter to the prime minister demanding a review of the nation’s bail system, citing Adam Troy Mann, who was released from jail just days before allegedly murdering Tori Dunn.

The 30-year-old woman was killed in her Port Kells home on June 16, 2024.

The premiers, including B.C.’s David Eby, invoked the death, saying the suspect in Dunn’s murder had been involved in multiple violent crimes in the past.

“I brought this to Halifax, this case, and around the table, there were examples from other premiers, where the laws have failed to address the concerns of people in their provinces as well. The result of that is a letter to the federal government asking in a very straightforward way that they look at the implementation of these new bail laws that they put in place,” Eby said, referencing Federal Bill-C48 which altered how bail is granted last year.

On Wednesday, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani posted a joint response with Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc to social media.

In a brief two paragraphs, the ministers say Ottawa has done its share of the work on keeping violent offenders in custody and now the provinces need to do theirs.

“Canadians expect their elected representatives, at all levels of government, to work together to keep them safe. That’s why we urgently passed Bill C-48 last year — making it harder for repeat violent offenders to get bail, addressing all provincial requests, and prioritizing community safety,” the ministers said.

Virani calls Dunn’s death a tragedy but says his office listened to the provinces and territories when they wanted changes to the nation’s Criminal Code around bail.

He says now it’s up to them to “step up and enforce the law”.

Continue reading at CityNews


Bus Rider Shot With Pellet Gun, Suspect Charged

ONTARIO — An Ottawa man is facing multiple criminal charges for allegedly shooting a woman with a pellet gun on an OC Transpo bus in downtown Ottawa on Thursday, police said.

Ottawa police said they arrested a suspect shortly after he fled the scene of the incident on Queen Street around 5:50 p.m.

A police news release listed 10 charges against the 20-year-old man from Ottawa including aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, breach of probation and various firearms offences. He was scheduled to appear in court on Friday.

The injured woman in her 30s was able to walk but was taken to hospital for further care, paramedics told CBC at the scene near Parliament station.

Eyewitness Brianna Lynn told CBC that the incident started when the victim complained to the driver about the behaviour of other passengers as the bus travelled along Elgin Street.

"Three young people got on the bus … They caused a big scene, they had a speaker, they were playing music really loud," Lynn said.

"The lady went up to the driver and asked if they could come off the bus. The driver kicked [two of] them off at the next stop. After a whole argument the third person stayed on the bus."'

The man demanded the victim delete video of the incident, which she declined to do, Lynn said.

"He kept getting closer, she pushed him away, he lunged at her," Lynn said. "Out of his backpack he pulled a gun and shot her in the leg."

The attack left the victim with blood running down her leg and stunned the other passengers, Lynn said.

"Everyone was in shock, nobody expected this to happen. It escalated really quickly."

Continue reading at CBC News


Canada Man Convicted of March Dunnellon Middle School Shooting Threat

FLORIDA — A Canadian man is awaiting sentencing for making a false active shooter and kidnapping report to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in March.

Ontario Court records show 21-year-old William Tuckett pled guilty to two counts of conveying false information with the intention to injure or harm a person. According to Canadian criminal codes, Tuckett faces up to four years in prison.

MSCO records show that Tuckett called police and said he would use an automatic rifle to kill students at Dunnellon Middle School.

He then called police again, claiming to be a Marion County father holding his daughter hostage at gunpoint. MCSO deputies determined both calls were fake.

Tuckett was talking online via Snapchat to a then 13-year-old girl. He told her that he would “Swat” her family and school if she would not date him. The teenager stopped communicating with Tuckett, and then Sault Ste. Marie man made the two false calls to MSCO, including impersonating her father, saying he had her at gunpoint.

He was then arrested by Sault Ste. Marie Police Services after the department was contacted by MCSO.

Continue reading at WCJB News


Kaska Woman Credits Hair Clip For Surviving Grizzly Bear Attack in Yukon

YUKON — A Kaska woman is sharing a hair-raising tale of survival after being attacked by a grizzly bear near the town of Haines Junction, Yukon.

Vanessa Chaput says she was out for a run on June 30 near the village, 155 km west of Whitehorse, when she came across three grizzly bears.

“I was right beside them and it was just too close,” she recalled in an interview with APTN News.

Chaput says she grew up in bear country and knows what to do during an encounter. The Kaska or Kaska Dena are First Nations people living mainly in northern British Columbia and southeastern Yukon.

“I have a really good respect for them,” she said of the apex predators, “just because growing up with my dad and everything. When you go hunting you’re in bear country, things are going to happen. And we have run into bears in the past. But I’ve never run into something like this before.”

Chaput says she tried to give the bears some space but her dog, Luna, got off the leash and chased two of the bears away.

The third – a male – then charged at her.

“When the bear had taken me down with my head in its mouth, my first thought was just kind of protect your vitals, so I went straight into the fetal position,” she said.

Chaput was wearing a plastic hair clip that broke in the bear’s mouth.

She believes it stunned the bear who let her go.

Once free she says she quickly ducked behind a tree.

“I was able to get in-between and the bear ran in-between the willows. I was watching him and he turned around and charged back at me.”

The bear then turned his attention to Luna who was barking, Chaput said.

“If it wasn’t for my dog barking, the bear was going to come finish the job.”

While the bear was distracted, Chaput says she made her way towards the highway.

“I looked at my body and I’d seen my arm and I had blood coming down my face, so actually my one eye had gone red from the blood,” she said. “I knew I was bleeding heavily and that I needed to get help, so I didn’t run."

“I just kept my eye towards where the bear had gone and then I walked up onto the highway.”

Chaput called 911 and her husband, who came and picked her up.

The nearby campground was evacuated and that weekend conservation officers euthanized three bears that matched the description from the attack...

Continue reading at APTN News


The Crypto - Is This Canada's Most Exciting Rifle to Hit The Market?

CODE OF ARMS — The Crusader Arms CRYPTO rifle is one of the most exciting rifles to hit the Canadian market amidst the ever tyrannical gun laws that have trampled upon the sport shooting community.

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