Famous Canadians, can you name any???

[Hemingray Insulators]

Kristin Kreuk, Vancouver, BC? Star on Smallville, she's hot lol.

[BigClive]

Actually?

I couldn't name a single famous Canadian. Sorry.

[HighPotter]

Dudley Do-Right

Snidely Whiplash

Bob and Doug McKenzie

[Moe]

Alex Trabek
Geddy Lee (Rush)
Neil Young
Gorden Downey from Trajeckly Hip (spell)
John Kay (Steppenwolf)
Maurice (Rocket) Richard
Guy Lafleur
Just think of the NHL, theres a ton.
Pierre Trudeau, and of course his wife Margret
Hey CL, I hope you are proud to say that you can't name one Curling player.
If you can,,,,,I would be very disappointed.

I'll quit drinking and come up with some more, tomorrow.

[HighPotter]

Wolverine

Terrance and Phillip

[PA BEN]

That's toooo GAY:eek:

[Moe]

Burton Cummings (Guess Who)
Bryan Adams
Now I got the spelling, Tragically Hip

[Moe]

Another Famous one, Roy Brown,,,,,,,,,,,,WWI fighter pilot who shot down the Red Baron!

[CHICAGO HAND.]

here is a link about some canadian military pilots in afghanistan.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930146/posts

[PA BEN]

"I think Canada's north will eventually look like this if they continue with all the mining that is going up there right now,"

Other then this quote it looks like Canadians doing there job, just the same as our boys.:rolleyes:

[duckhunter]

Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan. With what she has done to our state's economy, you may not want to claim her. But at least she can't run for President. If Hillary gets electedshe will probably appoint Jen-jen for a cabinet post. Pray for us!

[Hemingray Insulators]

You're right,born Vancouver, BC 1959.

I didn't know that. Never heard of her before.

ya, shes thrown the mich economy in the crapper. MI absolutely sucks, soon as i graduate i'm leavein.

[RWD]

And these folks came here ... because it was worse that Canada?

RWD

[Dave@PSE&G]

Dudley Do-Right

Snidely Whiplash

Bob and Doug McKenzie

Well done, 'ya hoser!:D

[Dave@PSE&G]

1065


Yvonne DeCarlo

No ****? Lily Munster was a canuck? How about Wayne Gretzky? Or 90% of the NHL, for that matter.

[duckhunter]

Paul Bernardo (born 1964), murderer
Edwin Alonzo Boyd, bank robber
Marc Carbonneau, terrorist
Jacques Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
Louise Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
Larry Fisher, murderer
Karla Homolka, murderer (Mrs. Paul Bernardo)
Jacques Lanct�t, FLQ Terrorist
Yves Langlois, FLQ Terrorist
Robert Latimer, murdered his 12-year-old disabled daughter
Marc Lépine, killed 14 women at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique in 1989

Bernard Lortie, FLQ Terrorist
Denis Lortie, killed three people at the Quebec National Assembly in 1984
Clifford Olson, serial child killer
Paul Rose, terrorist
Jacques Rose, terrorist
Francis Simard, terrorist
Colin Thatcher, murderer
Inderjit Singh Reyat -- the alleged bomb-maker of the device that blew up Air India Flight 182, pleaded guilty to the murder of the 329 passengers in 2003

[Dave@PSE&G]

AND, on top of that.....
They're destroying the planet and contributing to Global Warming!!!:D
Now THIS is CRIMINAL!!!!;)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,313844,00.html

Funny clip, Swamp. At least they're not wasting electric on stupid **** like Christmas lights and Dialysis machines. Besides, have you ever tasted warm beer? Ozone be ****ed!!:D

["little beaver"]

Do you REALLY feel you have to "stick up for Canada"? Like nobody knows you exist or something? I mean really....:rolleyes:

Americans LIKE Canada....well, Most of ya anyway.

You're soundin like you need to "speak up" for Canada's achieviements. Like ya gotta "remind the world" you're here or somethin. Well, ....that's all good I guess....:cool:

I think it's real cool that all the Canadians you've been tellin us about....have made their millions....in America.:D

Made their millions........and took up US citizenship ASAP, but at least their not so hypocritical as those Ontario types that WANABEE. The ignorant, weirdo center of Canada is Toronto/central Ontario...........ask anybody in BC or Alberta. The money and the power has shifted west (and obviously the brain power as well). With the high Canadian $, Ontario is hurting and going broke. They are whining big time and the west is laughing and loving it!!

[IronLine]

(Sigh) Though it was just rumor but Aykroyd really is huh? Crap. I suppose that John Candy (rest his fat hilarious soul) is too huh?

[dirtdobber]

this has got to be your problem cl all this crap that you take up space with. who the f**k cares looks like nobody.I got it your tryin to be famous on this site that is it you puke. post famous americans there is not enough time or space for you to do that jealousy most be eaten your frozen ass up with anger.try a shrink they have pills for your problem.:eek: :p :D

[BigClive]

http://tahnout-kralovnu.navajo.cz/tahnout-kralovnu-2.jpg

Mado Lamotte.

Canadian drag queen... (Well aren't they all.) :D

[BigClive]

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/components/photo_storylevel/071209/071209_canadaserialkiller_hmed3p.rp350x350.jpg

Robert William Pickton.

Canada's most notorious serial killer.

He had a thing for bumping off ho's and burying them on his pig farm.

So not actually "makin' bacon" then I guess.

[Orgnizdlbr]

Actually, I thought those 2 Great English Groups,...the BEATLES and the STONES...Did more to "shape" Music in America than the "Born to be Wild Bunch". Don't get me wrong...they were 1 hit cool wonders.

But, "Shape the American music scene"? In your dreams.:p

Sorry, but I respectfully disagree with both of your assesments. The Beatles and the Stones, and everyone else copied their styles from the great bluesmen who hailed from the Good Ole USA. Rock and roll is based on the Blues. They all owe their success to people like Robert Johnson, Son House, Freddie King, Albert King, BB King, Albert Collins, gatemouth Brown and many many more. Just research who the greats like Clapton and SRV give and gave their props to....the great bluesmen. American Music!!!! Born in the USA!

[BigClive]

Well I think you're all wrong. What really shaped America's current music scene was the Australian pop goddess Kylie Minogue. I mean, it's HER concerts that are selling out. :p

[Orgnizdlbr]

You're probably right, but back in the 60's....I'm sure neither You or Me were listenin to those boys.

BUT...When Ed Sullivan had the Beatles on his show....Dude...I SAW that! AND...sorry, THAT's what changed American Music. Along with Elvis of Course.:cool: AND..."American Bandstand".

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,http://ww3.powerlineman.com/lforum/images/icons/icon12.gif I saw the beatles on old Ed's show too. There are many in the music business that changed American music, Buddy Holly, Bill haley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and the like, CL's post talked about muscicians who "shaped" the American music scene, those guys were the Old Bluesmen, way too many to list, but they were the pioneers and their influnce is still heavy in the music that is out there today.

Clive, you got a way with words man!! BTW, my copy of the Mag came yesterday, Great Article!!!

[Dave@PSE&G]

Sorry, but I respectfully disagree with both of your assesments. The Beatles and the Stones, and everyone else copied their styles from the great bluesmen who hailed from the Good Ole USA. Rock and roll is based on the Blues. They all owe their success to people like Robert Johnson, Son House, Freddie King, Albert King, BB King, Albert Collins, gatemouth Brown and many many more. Just research who the greats like Clapton and SRV give and gave their props to....the great bluesmen. American Music!!!! Born in the USA!

Right!! The Beatles, The Stones, Led Zeppelin, among others, they all list their primary influences in music as the old Delta Bluesmen of the US. Now don't get me wrong, the foriegn born acts did have impact on our music scene, without question. But look it up, in past interviews, they all told the same story. They bought the blues record and wore it out playing it over and over and over...

[Dave@PSE&G]

1097


Molson Canada is North America's oldest brewery. The company was founded in 1786 by John Molson, making it North America's oldest brewing company, and Canada's second oldest company after the Hudson's Bay Company.

Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world.

Canada had an unfair advantage. If the US had refrigeration back then you know we would have gave you a run for the money. You guys just plopped the barrels in the snow. Cheaters.:D

[Orgnizdlbr]

1100


Paul Shaffer

You're not really proud of the fact that Paul Shaffer is Canadien are you????

[Orgnizdlbr]

Why???

What's wrong with him???

Are you serious??

[Orgnizdlbr]

I guess. He's married with children. Is he a child molester?????

LMAO......could it be a front....

[duckhunter]

It makes me wish that Barbara Striestand, Sean Penn and Alex Baldwin were Canadian. : )

Maybe that should be a new post; People we wish were not Americans, like the little fat blonde with the big mouth from the Dixie Chicks.

[Orgnizdlbr]

Paul Shaffer
AKA Paul Allan Shaffer

Born: 28-Nov-1949
Birthplace: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada


Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Musician

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: David Letterman's bandleader

Wife: Cathy Vasapoli (m. 1990)
Daughter: Victoria Lily (b. 8-Apr-1993)
Son: William Wood Lee Shaffer (b. 21-Jan-1999)


http://nndb.com/

wouldnt be th first fellow with a wife and kids who was a little light in the loafers .......

[Dave@PSE&G]

No ****......

You want to start the thread?:cool:
Go for it.

["little beaver"]

Western Canada for the most part has a vehement dislike(you might say hate on) for Toronto/Central Canada. There are a couple of reasons.

First of all Western Canada, unlike the US, was settled by immigration from other countries a large % from the US. In some parts of Alberta probably 40% of the settlers oringinated from the US. Ukranians, Scandinavians, British, Germans, Mennonites from Russia were prominent as well. Mostly 'disconnected' from the rest of Canada.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myron_Thompson)

When the Social Credit (a right wing, VERY conservative political movement) government in Alberta tried to get financing for the start of the Oil and Gas business in the early 50's they were laughed at on Bay street( the financial district of Toronto, like Wall St in NY). So where did the money and support come from? Houston and Wall St!

Alberta,( and western Canada in general) as might be expected, identifies much more with the US and has more of an 'American' attitiude. There has always been a vibrant seperation movement in the west partly because of this traditional 'disconnect'. The money and the wealth has been moving west for 50yrs. Ontario is slowly sinking in this resource economy.

[PA BEN]

Gee, you do spue, don't ya, eh????


I have never cared for you people from the USA.

First you say you would like to sit and have a beer with me? Then you say something like this? I'll sit and have a beer with most people including SBatts and 500KVA, who have jumped my ass in the past. But you no F'en way.:mad:

[PA BEN]

I hear your MOMIE calling!:eek: You better go and see what she wants? And when you grow up, come back and play with the real Lineman.:cool:

["little beaver"]

First you say you would like to sit and have a beer with me? Then you say something like this? I'll sit and have a beer with most people including SBatts and 500KVA, who have jumped my ass in the past. But you no F'en way.:mad:

What I admire about Steve B is that he's honest. He believes, what he believes. We know where he lives, who he is, what he does(motorcycle rides, American Legion etc.) and most of all he's a REAL Lineman.

There is something phoney about CL. I say it's only 50/50(if that) that he's a real lineman. Otherwise, why would't he say where he's at??

Anyone can talk tough and hurl insults over the internet.......he's the consumate internet tough guy!!

JOHN MCCAIN FOR PRESIDENT

["little beaver"]

Thank you. Considering you are an *******, and apparently most of the people you worked around in Ft St John/Dawson Creek thinks so as well, your sentiments are welcome. They didn't appear to appreciate your idea of "comic relief".

My work is my play.

If you are going to continue with your comments why don't you identify yourself?? Other than being the court jester of this site you're an obvious coward as well. I don't hide who I am, it's easy to put that together from my profile.

As for my legacy in FSJ, probably one of the largest retirements in the history of the FSJ district line crew. Even the Transmission Crew was there past and present. (The old Foreman Sam K made some nice comments and he was the best in the business!!) A nice presentation from the IBEW as I was the shop steward as well.

A couple of guys that worked with me Greg P and Dale F(both continue to be good friends) sent me a wooden shotgun. It was a complete surprise and one of the best presents I've ever received. They commented in the card that 'when we worked with you made the job fun every day and now our work life is boring'!

The crew still keeps in touch, calling on me when they're in the area. So nice of you to make your outrageous comments so I could have reason to share my great experience.

You've again proved yourself a LIAR and a absolute COWARD HIDING BEHIND THE COMPUTER SCREEN.

["little beaver"]

Hummmm!!!



"comic relief" "my work is my play' Your words.


"Union Buster" "Double dipping *******" Other peoples words.


to each his own.


My work is my play!!

Ding dong, ding dong. Have you ever seen "Horse Soldiers"??

Anyone who wraps themselves in 2 flags is dispised by all. Grow some balls beaver ****.

You little freak you've been exposed on this site. EVERYONE FINALLY HAS YOUR #. Again, I challenge you to identify yourself and we won't continue to stick you with the INTERNET COWARD.

It's just slapstick now LIAR, you're on the run.........backpeddling and looking for cover. BTW: You're just GREAT for COMIC RELIEF!!

[PA BEN]

You two need to sit back and take a time out. It's Christmas Eve. The reason for the season is peace on EARTH
So sit back you two and take a deep breath.:D

[PA BEN]

North Pole Alaska, ask any kid:eek:

[Koga]

:D :D :D

Koga

[duckhunter]

Robert "Willie" Pickton was convicted Sunday of second-degree murder in the killings of six women

[PA BEN]

I wondered if and how you would try and steal the North Pole. F***en gotta shake my head.

Next you'all will be telling me the Klondike and Dawson are in the USA.

Sheeit.

Sounds like you're a little sensitive. "O" by the way GAYLINEMAN.com called and was wondering why you are spending time on this web site. They want you back. :D

[BigClive]

Sounds like you're a little sensitive. "O" by the way GAYLINEMAN.com called and was wondering why you are spending time on this web site. They want you back. :D

All they ever do on that site is talk about the height of their boots. Oh wait a minute, that's THIS forum. :p

[old lineman]

I too am Canadian who has worked in the line trade for over 45 years on both sides of the border and I am getting a bit tired of your bragging about famous Canadians.
What's your point?
Why don't you make a belated New Years resolution and talk about what this web site is all about.
Linework!
Your getting under lots of peoples skin by the way LINEMEN and OTHERS are responding to your posts. Can't you see for yourself instead of having to be told.
Enough is enough, already!
If you know of a danger or can offer some sound advice we'll be all ears.
Otherwise please lay off.
The Old Lineman

[PK270]

OK I'm finally in, who cares. We or should I say I, dont care about famous Canadians (half of the people you have dug up I have never heard of). Most of all I dont care (I keep saying I cause only OL stepped up to say SHUT UP) if you are mad. You want to brag about the last confrontation you were in was WWII, PLEASE.

Amount of hits does not mean anything is interesting.

WHO FRIGGIN CARES. The only thing I thank Canada for, it sucks so hard it keeps the US from floating free in the ocean.

[PA BEN]

POST #149 Sober CanadianLineman. Nicest thing He has said about the USA.


I think it's about time that Canadians did a little flag waving like our US cousins. They are very good at it and do it often, and I applaud them. They are proud of thier country and I think Canadians should learn a little from them in this matter.

POST #150 CanadianLineman after drinking at the Bar, 5 hours later.


You old *******. Who the hell are you to tell me not to be proud of my country??? **** straight I’m proud of it and **** straight I don’t want to be anything else. Not an “American”, not a Brit, nor German, French or anything else. You and that piece of crap Beaver seem to want to be yanks. Go there, no problem, you ain’t no good to us.

I’m not angry, not really, I’m not angry!!

This should say, I'm a alcoholic, I'm a alcoholic, help me someone help me!
I sure like the CL who is sober. Maybe CL should find a 12 step program? Or maybe we should hold an intervention for him here on this thread?:D

[BigClive]

Y'know, there is a strange barometric swing in his posting style. He's either informed and polite or a complete raving *******. Maybe we should rename him CanadianSchizophrenic.

I'm afraid I've not recognised many of the famous Canadians either. I could get the same effect walking around taking pictures of complete strangers in the street and then eating Byrons bandwidth by posting them in a big rant thread.

Maybe he just needs a big group hug to show him we care. I'm afraid I'm on the other side of the planet at the moment, so perhaps the other Canadians could arrange that. :p

[BigClive]

Not a Problem man. "Became a Canadian".:D

What country was he in when he "Invented the Telephone"? :cool:

He was actually in Canada when he invented it. Mainly out of desperation so he could talk to someone "normal" in Scotland as opposed to what he described as "The mental retards that live around me in this climatically volatile hell-hole." The Canadian government later passed a motion to remove that entry from the history books.

The first words ever spoken across the new phone were:-
"Watson! Come quickly with a gun. One of the Canucks has got in." :D

[PA BEN]

Seriously...I enjoy hearin bout all these "Canadians" that have come to AMERICA, for a better life and to make their Fortunes.
Quite obviously...these opportunitys aren't available in Canada....:p


A DUI in Canada is a felony. It's not in the USA. So maybe we are getting Canada's felons? Be careful CL about your Drinking and Driving you might have to come and live down here for a better life.:D

[PA BEN]

Date of Birth:
December 11, 1968
Age:
39
Biography:
CHICKS DIG ME CAUSE I RARELY WAIR UNDERWARE ,BUT WHEN I DO ITS USUALLY SOMETHING UNUSUAL.
Location:
WARRENTON OR
Interests:
FISHIN, TEXAS HOLD EM
Occupation:
UNION JOURNEYMAN:eek:

[dirtdobber]

PA, I believe his occupation should read **** stirring ******* and the unusual would belong to his mom or his sister.:eek:

[PA BEN]

The picture is tooooo.......small:eek:

[wtdoor67]

Hank Snow ( I'm moving on.)

Glenn Ford

**** Wilson (Mr. Whipple) Also a WW2 fighter pilot.

[duckhunter]

Paul Bernardo (born 1964), murderer
Edwin Alonzo Boyd, bank robber
Marc Carbonneau, terrorist
Jacques Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
Louise Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
Larry Fisher, murderer
Karla Homolka, murderer (Mrs. Paul Bernardo)
Jacques Lanct�t, FLQ Terrorist
Yves Langlois, FLQ Terrorist
Robert Latimer, murdered his 12-year-old disabled daughter
Marc Lépine, killed 14 women at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique in 1989

Bernard Lortie, FLQ Terrorist
Denis Lortie, killed three people at the Quebec National Assembly in 1984
Clifford Olson, serial child killer
Paul Rose, terrorist
Jacques Rose, terrorist
Francis Simard, terrorist
Colin Thatcher, murderer
Inderjit Singh Reyat -- the alleged bomb-maker of the device that blew up Air India Flight 182, pleaded guilty to the murder of the 329 passengers in 2003

[theweber]

Officer it is calcium , But Mr Page it has tested positive for cocaine . Man you snowbacks are smart.

[wtdoor67]

Dudly Doright and Snidley Whiplash.

[duckhunter]

Paul Bernardo (born 1964), murderer
Edwin Alonzo Boyd, bank robber
Marc Carbonneau, terrorist
Jacques Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
Louise Cossette-Trudel, terrorist
Larry Fisher, murderer
Karla Homolka, murderer (Mrs. Paul Bernardo)
Jacques Lanct�t, FLQ Terrorist
Yves Langlois, FLQ Terrorist
Robert Latimer, murdered his 12-year-old disabled daughter
Marc Lépine, killed 14 women at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique in 1989

Bernard Lortie, FLQ Terrorist
Denis Lortie, killed three people at the Quebec National Assembly in 1984
Clifford Olson, serial child killer
Paul Rose, terrorist
Jacques Rose, terrorist
Francis Simard, terrorist
Colin Thatcher, murderer
Inderjit Singh Reyat -- the alleged bomb-maker of the device that blew up Air India Flight 182, pleaded guilty to the murder of the 329 passengers in 2003

[duckhunter]

Canada Called Haven for Nazi Criminals
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Published: February 3, 1997
Recent news accounts of Canada's lax pursuit of accused war criminals after World War II have stirred painful memories and raised troubling questions about the Canadian Government's policies in the post-war period.

During the last week, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and NBC have shown documentaries on accused war criminals who have lived freely in Canada since the end of the war. And a family in the Toronto area tried to keep Global Television from broadcasting the CBS News program ''60 Minutes'' tonight because it has a report identifying a member of the family as an accused war criminal although no charges have been brought against him.

After reviewing the program yesterday, the station decided to broadcast it.

''For the first time the world is going to be let in on what I call Canada's dirty little secret,'' said Bernie M. Farber, director of community relations for the Canadian Jewish Congress.

According to Jewish organizations and the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which pursues accused war criminals, as many as 3,000 war criminals came here after the war and half of them may still be alive.

The televised reports were prompted by articles in The Jerusalem Post last November. They were written by two Post reporters who falsely identified themselves as university researchers to get suspects in Canada to talk openly about their past.

One of the accused criminals the Post reporters interviewed, Anastus Kenstiviscius, a Latvian who was implicated in the deaths of more than 8,000 Jews, died last month as deportation hearings against him were starting in British Columbia. Jewish organizations had brought his presence in Canada to the attention of the Canadian Government as long ago as 1948.

''This is the one case that really symbolizes Canadian war crimes investigations,'' said Irving Abella, a professor of history at York University, and former president of the Canadian Jewish Congress. ''They finally bring him to court, and the first day the charges are read in court is the day he dies. It symbolizes the whole Canadian war criminals effort and what we're up against.''

The current Canadian Government has defended its actions.

''I can only report what we've done during our watch,'' Justice Minister Allan Rock said last week. He said this Government had taken vigorous steps to start proceedings against people accused of war crimes.

''We intend to continue that policy,'' Mr. Rock said, ''because we feel there is a moral obligation to do so.''

Frank Dimant, executive vice president of B'Nai B'rith of Canada, said the news programs and the case of Mr. Kenstiviscius should force all Canadians to ask questions about their past.

''Now the question to ask is 'Why was there this conspiracy of silence over all these years?' '' Mr. Dimant said. He said that not just the actions of the Government should be reviewed.

''The Jewish community will have to examine itself as well,'' Mr. Dimant said. ''We need to know why there was no real activist movement in the 50's and 60's to agitate aggressively and force the Government to come to terms with this issue.''

Since the war ended, Canada has only tried one man for war crimes, and he was acquitted. Charges against three others were eventually dropped.

The Government's attempts to deport suspects, rather than try them, have not been much more successful. One man was deported to the Netherlands in 1992 and one man was extradited to West Germany in 1982.

''If there's one word to describe Canada's attitudes for the last 50 years it is 'apathy,' '' said Mr. Abella, who is researching a book on Nazis in Canada.

[duckhunter]

Canada's Statist Criminals as Bad as America's
Posted by Anthony Gregory at July 1, 2008 03:45 PM

I asked, "Is Canada Freer than the US?" A Canadian responds:

Canada is actually a fascist country which is why the Heritage Foundation likes us. As background, let me explain the organization of the statist's criminal enterprises. I will also address each of the points in your article.

There are three major English political parties. The NDP is a socialist party financed by the unions and those on the far left. They have no chance of getting into power. The Liberals are generally in majority power in Parliament because they straddle the centre, except for on economic issues where they are extremely pro-business (The managed-trade NAFTA was first proposed by a Liberal, for example). They will do anything to gain and then maintain power. I mean anything. The Conservatives consist of two 'wings': the Red Tories who are like Democrats; and the Blue Tories, who are like Republicans.


In practice this means that Liberals are always in power until their corruption, greed or mismanagement gets them thrown out occasionally (like now). The media always present three points of view which they skew to make the Conservatives look radical and evil. So, anything 'conservative' or 'libertarian' is labeled as 'American' and immediately the federally-funded Canada Council funds a bunch of university professors and their publishers and distributors to write scathing books to vilify any non-conventional idea. In order to maintain power the Liberals keep Bay Street happy with pro-business policies, and get legislation past by tossing bones to the socialists. (That's how we got f----d (sorry for the language but that's the only appropriate word) with the 'Health Care' system that inflicts its sadist, cruel, monopolistic, bureaucratic ways on us daily.) The Conservatives are always fighting each other and have trouble staying cohesive. (In the 90's, the Conservatives were actually divided into, at one point, 5 separate parties.)

Empire? 2/3rd's of Canada lives along a small strip along the St. Lawrence River. The rest of the country is essentially a colony (the Liberal's new proposed 'Green Plan' will screw everyone outside the populated corridor if they get into power.)

Police State? Ever heard of a 'Minister's Security Certificate'? Indefinite detention. We look at you Americans freaking out about the 'Patriot Act' and say, "Welcome to our reality buddy." An internationally-known recognized symbol of Canada is a Mountie. A policeman. And you state that Canada is not a police state? The first thing the English did when they decided they needed a railroad across Northern North America so they could get troops quickly to Hong Kong if necessary is murder the leader of a group of settlers who wanted their own country outside of European control (Louis Riel). Then they sent in armed thugs (the Northwest Mounted Police, who later became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police), to 'establish' their presence and forcibly remove any American in the territory they were claiming as theirs. If you look at the names of all the major cities in Western Canada, they all used to start with the word 'Fort'. Who established those forts? Cops. School children are taught it was to 'protect' the Indians from American whiskey traders. But it was only about military control. Children again are taught, Americans live by the motto 'freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' Canadians by the words 'peace, order and good government'. As any libertarian understands, the second concept is in direct contradiction to the first. And of course the last concept is a classic oxymoron.

Prisoners? Obviously you're not an aboriginal. Their incarceration rate is appalling. The Conservatives are busy building new prisons.

Property Rights? WTF!!!!???? is the Heritage Foundation thinking? There are no property rights in the Constitution (don't get me started on that document), or in theory, or practice.

Freedom? Haven't heard of provincial 'Human Rights Commissions'? If you publish the infamous 'Danish cartoon' in your magazine: $100,000 in legal fees. Result? Bankruptcy. Review a book in your magazine that a Muslim complains about? Hauled up in front of a panel like it's the Spanish Inquisition. It is a well known policy of Canada Customs to seize 'inappropriate' books and magazines at the border. At any time your car can be stopped for no reason and you will be questioned (Check Stops). Want to have a public event without paying for 'policing'? Good luck with that. Want to go duck hunting? You need an annual permit for your firearm. If you have this permit, you agree that at any time, a police officer can enter your premises without a warrant to ensure the firearm is being stored 'safely.' Hand guns are prohibited (except in the hands of a government agent). Religious programs on TV are essentially censored if they want to keep their license to operate. You would not believe what 'The Copyright Board' is proposing, or some of the other proposals being negotiated with other countries to deal with 'intellectual property.' Access to herbal medicines and vitamins (VITAMINS!) are about to be severely restricted. If it wasn't nearly 3:00 a.m., I would go on for hours. With a little scotch poured in me, I often do. But first; you have to endure my obligatory tirade about how much taxes are on booze.

If you want to establish a business doing something conventional like drill for oil or start a mining company, you may think Canada is free because the statists need money. Especially money from big American corporations who fund the Heritage Foundation. Also, it is in the interest of Republicans to ensure the Conservatives stay in power, and the way the Bank of Canada is devaluing our currency in-step with the Federal Reserve probably also has something to do with their position. Also, on the last day of Parliaments' sitting before the summer break, the Conservative parties military spending estimates were posted which show massive spending plans on the statist tools of violence the Heritage Foundation probably loves.

Say the wrong thing, start a business that 'the establishment' considers a threat, be the wrong ethnic origin, live in the wrong part of the country, be 'too successful', don't play enough of the 'right' music on your radio station, don't label your products packaging or your store front in the right language, or God forbid; get sick and you will soon find that Canada is not very free at all.

In the past, we would just move to the States. But that isn't really an option anymore because your country has gone insane...

[duckhunter]

Daffy Duckhunter? Is that the best you've got. My gosh are you still in grade school?

I'm not sure what your point of this thread was. Most Americans like most Canadians. Do you not realize that many of the "Famous Canadians" you name have left your country for ours because of the opportuities. That doesn't make mot people think any less of Canada.

You are like a guy with short man's disease.

[Heavy]

umm has anybody said Dan Akroyd, i believe he's Canadian. Oh and it might be a repost, didnt look thru everypage

[Bhammer]

Well other than a couple good rock musicians it seems the best Canada has to offer is a bunch of hot split tails. Kind of like a high class brothel.

[scamplineman]

WIlliam Jefferson Clinton... Although he was only there for a short time... I guess you'd consider him a Famous Canadian.

[RadonHuffer]

Louis p. Slotin an unrecognized hero of the manhattan project, He was most likely the first person to acually see criticallity, He tickled the dragon and it killed him. He died saving the other scientist's in the room.

http://www.mphpa.org/classic/HICC/HICC_FH.htm

http://www.mphpa.org/classic/FH/LA/Louis_Slotin_1.htm

[Figurehead]

How many famous Canadians can you name, past or present?

Define famous? Crown Royal, Molson, Brador's.

[duckhunter]

Tim Horton!

[Edge]

Red Green ;)

[PA BEN]

GAY LINEMAN:eek:

[show mo]

My GF, what an idiot

[johnbellamy]

My GF, what an idiot

Now that ****'s funny.........

[Dave@PSE&G]

The now famous terrorists... :eek:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/02/12/2009-02-12_its_official_blame_those_canada_geese_fo.html

[Meat]

Canadian Rob Furlong isn't very famous but he holds the world record for the longest sniper kill. 1.509 miles with a 50 caliber Mcmillan brothers Tac 50.Meat!

[duckhunter]

I always liked this guy.

[Dave@PSE&G]

****, if you want him, take him!! :D

[Dave@PSE&G]

Actually, Germany and Italy have the best medical care and, arguably, doctors. Sorry Swampy, it ain't either of us.

Go figure, we kicked the crap out of them in the '40's.....

...then felt terrible about it. So then re re-build their infrastructure on our dime and advance their technology to a point that would have taken them 50 years to get to. Now they kick our asses.

And you wonder why average Americans have a chip on their shoulder... :rolleyes:

[Dave@PSE&G]

And, of course, the USA never made one thin dime out of it.


Yea, right :rolleyes:

Oh, I'm sure there were people who got paid. But in the long run, who really made out? Not us. Or Canada. Or Britian. Or anyone else who ponied up some coin.

Japan is a perfect example. After we mushroomed them, our conscious got to us and re rebuilt them far into their future. We've been getting jacked up by Tokyo for years. Better, products, better technology, better prices. I think the prices part may have something to do with our backwards trade deficit, but I am no a macro-economics guru, so I can't be sure.

[duckhunter]

Vince Weiguang Li

[duckhunter]

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE CANADIAN PRESS PRINTS THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRUE?

I find that hard to believe.

[duckhunter]

If you take the link you supplied you will see that some of the Canadian press reported Li as becoming a Canadian citizen.

[duckhunter]

My point is he was reported as being Canadian. His act made him famous or infamous. I put him on this link because of that.

[duckhunter]

William Bennest was a school principal from Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada who was arrested over allegations of sexual misconduct in schools in October 1996 and was indicted for the criminal charges including production of child pornography and sexual assault. The case stemmed from a police raid in September 1996 when the police found numerous videotapes and other media materials featuring child pornography in his residence.

[duckhunter]

Paul Kenneth Bernardo, (born August 27, 1964 in Toronto, Ontario), is a Canadian serial killer and rapist, known for the murders he committed with his wife Karla Homolka.

[duckhunter]

Denis Pronovost was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1993. He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament, but was charged and convicted regarding sexual assaults on young males. He left his party to sit as an Independent on 17 June 1993 and did not run for re-election in 1993.

[duckhunter]

Khadr is accused of killing a U.S. soldier with a hand grenade during combat with U.S. forces, planting mines to target U.S. convoys, and gathering surveillance at an airport in Afghanistan.

[Dave@PSE&G]

Paul Bernardo – aka the "Scarborough Rapist"; Ontario man who killed three teenage girls (including his wife's sister) with the aid of his wife Karla Homolka
Wayne Boden – serial killer active from 1968-1971
John Martin Crawford – convicted in 1996 for the murders of three women
Léopold Dion – aka "Monster of Pont-Rouge"; raped and killed four young boys in 1960; murdered in 1972
William Patrick Fyfe – convicted of killing five women in Montreal; suspect in several other murders
Russell Johnson – killer of seven women; confined to a mental institution since 1978
Gilbert Paul Jordan – killed between eight and 10 women by alcohol poisoning
Allan Legere – aka "Monster of the Miramichi"; killer of five individuals
Clifford Olson – murdered 11 children in British Columbia
Robert Pickton – charged with the first degree murders of 26 women; allegedly confessed to 49 murders; convicted December 9, 2007 of six charges; reduced to second degree murder
Peter Woodcock – murdered three children in 1956–1957 and a fellow psychiatric institute patient in 1991

[Dave@PSE&G]

"On a moonlit night in February 1884, roughly 100 American lynchers rode north across the border at Sumas Prairie, abducted a 14-year-old Canadian boy, and hanged him from a tree where only a grain silo now stands in a farmer's field just north of the international boundary marker on Whatcom Road. The vigilantes then fled back across the border to Nooksack, in the Washington Territory.

There were 23 lynchings in Washington between the early 1860s and 1919. The first was the hanging of "an Indian" in Steilacoom. The last was the horrific case of union organizer Wesley Everest. American Legionnaires grabbed Everest in the town of Centralia, castrated him, and hanged him from the Chehalis River bridge.

The Canadian was a Sto:lo boy named Louie Sam, and his murder is the only documented case of a lynching in British Columbia."

For the full story:

http://www.straight.com/article/doc-reveals-u-s-lynch-mob


It seems you'alls like blaming Canadians for things

Not at all. I was just naming some famous Canadiens.

[Dave@PSE&G]

This is from 08-10-2008 Freedom & Liberty - Politics and BS this site

Your statement starts with a big IF.

My understanding of the civilized rules of engagement is that it is a soldier’s job to kill the enemy. Once a soldier is no longer capable of offering fight the he becomes a non-belligerent of non-combatant and must be accorded fair treatment.

According to US Army during the firefight wherein 5 or 6 Afghan villagers ( no mention of Taliban) were engaged briefly by about 50 members of the 3rd Platoon of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 505th Infantry Regiment and the 19th Special Forces Group. These were joined by a rifle squad from the 82nd Airborne, bringing the number of troops to approximately a hundred. Apparently a few Delta Force troops were involved as well.

The area was strafed by canon fire and rockets by 2 A-10 Warthogs and 2 AH-64 Apaches which were accompanying a pair of UH-60s used for medivac. After the strafing 2 OC-1 members and 3 Delta Force entered a compound while 2 other American troops continued to throw grenades into the compound. They were unaware the Khadr and another had survived the bombardment. Khadr, who was already wounded in the head was crouching facing away from the Delta Force troops who shot him twice. The other militant was killed by an OC-1 member. Khadr repeatedly asked to be killed and the Delta Force members intervened when it looked like his wishes would be granted others.

Even though it was believed Khadr would not survive his wounds he was air evacuated.

I don’t hold any truck with the Taliban, Al Qaeda or any other fanatical group bent on destroying the way I live to replace it with theirs. The Taliban were especially brutal to many in Afghanistan in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s and need to be eradicated as did the NAZIs, Saddam Hussein, Khmer Rouge, the KKK or any organisation that purports murder of those they don’t agree with.

I don’t see how a soldier is a criminal when following orders and fighting under those orders as long as his actions are within recognised rules of engagement. If we were to differ from that then our nations are no better than the Japanese of WWII, the NAZIs under Hitler or the USSR under Stalin.

There is no ifs in this case.


There has been a big discussion here and other place about Omar Khadr and the US idea of justice or rather a lack there of. Khadr may be the poster child of the George Bush era of insanity and total disregard for human dignity. If Omar Khadr is guilty of what ever why hasn't the US govenment put forward any evidence?? None, nada, not one scrap.

1788

Here is the story

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/13/f-omar-khadr.html

Thanks for reminding me.

Well, he should consider himself lucky that he made it to Guantanamo. If he threw a grenade in my direction and it killed someone in my group, he might not have been so lucky.

[duckhunter]

If Canadians were so dang smart you would think he could figure out why we post what we do.

[Dave@PSE&G]

If Canadians were so dang smart you would think he could figure out why we post what we do.

Yeah, I know. He likes to fish for confrontation. I shouldn't indulge him... I guess I'm a "dumb American". :eek:

[Dave@PSE&G]

Oh OK, so you don't see anything at all wrong with a US lynch mob invading a foriegn country and murdering a citizen of that country for something he didn't do.

I thought not.:(

You brave Americans like to pick on children, don't you?

This boy was 14.

Omar Khadr was 15.

Pretty sad.

Yeah, sure we do. That poor innocent child was involved in a firefight, in Afghanistan, with U.S. troops. He was allegedly facing away and crouching when he was shot twice. Isn't it possible that he could have had a weapon or a grenade of his own? And they did medivac himout even though his injuries were likely to claim his life.

Yeah, we're a real bunch of scumbags.

Good thing a Canadian journalist was there to write about what others were actually doing.

[Dave@PSE&G]

You didn't really read the article, did you?

You brave Americans like to pick on children, don't you?

The link wouldn't open, but I did read what you posted. Again, he was fighting against U.S. troops. If those soldiers were indeed deliberately violating the rules of engagement, why would they medivac him out and save his life? If they wanted him dead, he'd be dead.

You're going to have to do better than that.

[Dave@PSE&G]

Yea, that's what I figured, you didn't read the article. Or couldn't???

There used to be a commercial in the US saying, "It's a shame to waste a mind." How appropriate.

Try this article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Khadr

It doesn't matter which one you read that is factual, all say the same thing. No one actually witness the event he is accused of. Perhaps that is why you bone heads have held Khadr without charges all these years. Eh?

Before you make a complete jackass out of yourself, try reading it.

Actually it's already too late, you made a complete jackass out of yourself quite a while ago.

Sucks to be him. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[Dave@PSE&G]

Ok, now let me respond. Like I said, if those soldiers actully wanted to kill him, he'd be dead. After the smoke cleared, they got him out and saved his life.

I have not served in the military. But I would think that if I was under fire, I wouldn't stop to try to decide who was friend and who was foe until it was safe. Especially when you don't know who is firing and from where. Or if they are truly "not a threat".

"Unaware that Khadr and a militant had survived the bombing, the ground forces sent a team consisting of OC-1, Silver, Speer and three Delta Force soldiers through a hole in the south side of the wall, while at least two other American troops continued throwing grenades into the compound."...

"The following day, soldiers including Silver returned to search the premises...A plastic bag was discovered in the granary, containing documents, wires and a videocassette... The video shows Khadr toying with detonating cord as other men including Abu Laith al-Libi assemble explosives in the same house as had just been destroyed...and planting landmines while smiling and joking with the cameraman..."

This piece of **** is no angel. Please don't cry "outrage" because this little MF'er got the horns for messing with the bull.

[Dave@PSE&G]

Have you ever heard of the Geneva Convention???

Sure. Did your little "national hero" ever hear of it. Or learn from his terrorist father what happens when you shoot at professional soldiers?

They should have left him for the flies.

I'm done, you win. Hooray for you.

[duckhunter]

Same-sex couples across Canada
How many gay, lesbian and bisexual persons are there in Canada?

Statistics Canada does not have the definitive number of people whose sexual orientation is “gay” or “lesbian” or “bi”, but the agency does attempt to quantify some estimates in various surveys.

The Census, however, does count same-sex couples, both married and common-law.

Half of all same-sex couples in Canada lived in the three largest census metropolitan areas (CMA):

21.2% — The proportion of all same-sex couples who resided in Toronto in 2006.

18.4% — The proportion of all same-sex couples who resided in Montréal in 2006.

10.3% — The proportion of all same-sex couples who resided in Vancouver in 2006.

[Dave@PSE&G]

That's pretty much what I expected from you. I hope the family of Mr. Dziekanski doesn't stumble onto this site.

In case that happens I offer my humble apologies for these comments and sincerest sympathies for you loss as well as my support for your efforts to have Mr. Dziekanski’s death at the hands of the rather despicable actions of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police brought to the attention of the public.

If you were so concerned, why did you post it in the first place?

[duckhunter]

By Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press


OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has been darkening its outlook on just how deep a hole the economy is digging for itself. Now some economists are saying it will soon have to concede it's going to take a lot longer to climb out of the pit.

[duckhunter]

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy lost a startling 129,000 jobs in January, almost all full-time positions and a record single-month total, Statistics Canada reported Friday.


This brings the cumulative total for the last three months to 213,000 and pushes the unemployment rate to 7.2 per cent from 6.6 per cent.


"This is a bad report all across the range," said Derek Holt, vice-president of economics at Scotia Capital. "The time to be an optimist falls by the wayside with a report like this."


The single-month record loss was just over three times the consensus estimate of 40,000 among Bay Street economists. The economy lost 63,000 jobs and 20,000 jobs, respectively, in November and December.

[duckhunter]

WINNIPEG - The mother of a young man who was beheaded on a Greyhound bus is upset but not surprised that her son's killer has been found not criminally responsible.


Carol deDelley says Vince Li may have been mentally ill when he attacked her son last July, but the fact remains that "a crime was still committed."


DeDelley says the verdict seems to overlook that fact.


DeDelley was commenting after a judge found Li can't be held accountable for killing Tim McLean because Li didn't appreciate that his actions were immoral.

[duckhunter]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A Mexican crackdown on drug cartels has led to increased violence in this Olympic city as rival gangs battle over a dwindling supply of cocaine reaching Canada, police said Thursday.

Several shooting since January, some fatal, are likely linked to a drug turf war, according to police.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Supt. Pat Fogarty said Vancouver gangs are fighting over a decrease in smuggled shipments of illegal drugs.

"What we have is a cut in supply," he said, adding the gangs are "quick to go to the gun."

On Tuesday, five people were hospitalized after street gunfights and three more shootings occurred overnight Wednesday. Police call the violence "targeted" but still haven't determined if they're gang-related.

Police said a 32-year-old man found shot to death this week was the victim of a gang-style shooting, while a gang associate was wounded in a separate attack.

Fogarty said his task force has made some arrests in recent days, including a gang leader and three associates.

[Koga]

a typical weekend in parts of Baton Rouge.

Koga

[Meat]

There's a petition to bring back The Beachcombers. If I remember right Sunday nights on CHEK television. Only channel we got.

[duckhunter]

REGINA – A Saskatchewan judge was to decide thisday afternoon whether to approve a proposed settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Maple Leaf Foods.

Justice Ron Barclay of Court of Queen's Bench heard submissions in the $25-million Canada-wide lawsuit, which was filed over last year's listeriosis outbreak.

At least 20 deaths were linked to the outbreak and triggered the largest meat recall in Canadian history.

[duckhunter]

SHEDIAC, N.B. – A 32-year-old man is dead following a confrontation with three masked men in his home early today.

RCMP Sgt. Claude Tremblay said Laine MacDonald was shot to death at about 3 a.m.

"This was extremely quick," Tremblay said. "They forced their way inside the house, committed the crime and left right away.

"We believe that one or all committed the murder."

The victim's father, Ron, was home at the time but was not hurt.

Tremblay said witnesses told police that the suspects fled in a silver or grey mid-sized car.

Police wouldn't say if MacDonald was known to police or if there was any evidence to suggest the crime was related to any activity such as the drug trade.

Tremblay did say they believe the incident wasn't random and that residents of the Shediac area should feel safe.

He also said investigators are looking for possible links to an earlier incident in nearby Moncton, where shots were fired and two young men badly beaten during an incident in an apartment around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Corp. Mike Gaudet says two men, ages 19 and 22, were beaten after a number of people entered an apartment.

The assailants had their faces covered, and shots were fired during the incident, but it wasn't known if either victim was hit.

The two young men were in hospital with non life-threatening injuries.

"It's obvious there are similarities in both cases, such as several men entering the house," Tremblay said.

"There was also sufficient time between the two incidents, which may suggest that those involved are the same. ... However, until we gather more evidence, we can't say more."

RCMP asked anyone with information about either incident to call them or Crime Stoppers.

[Boomer gone soft]

On December 15, 1979, when Chris Haney and Scott Abbott got together in Montreal for a game of Scrabble and found pieces of the game missing, they wondered aloud why they shouldn't invent a game of their own. They did! It was Trivial Pursuit®!

[Koga]

a typical weekend in parts of Baton Rouge.

Koga
Sunday the 10th, I was on call . Got called out at around 10:00 pm . Wire down on the corner of East Grant and Joe Delpit in BR. Wonderful section of town. Got on site around 11 pm and got a game plan going. I went up in the bucket to smoke things over a little closer and load bust the other 2 fuses. About the time the second man was comming up in his bucKet, some fool one block over decided to unload at least a 20 round clip. I know it was at least twenty rounds but I stopped countin after the first 15. F%&^ the lights !!!!! I immediately ordered the other guy to the ground and hit the cradle myself. Ground help was on the radio calling for the police. Long story short after a 30 to 45 minute delay and after the area was crawlin with BRs' finest we went back to work. As I said it happens everywhere , you just have to be ready.

Koga

[Koga]

aint going to stop a bullet for sure. I've heard one or two gunshots before, a little ways off. But this was one city block over and when it didn't stop it got my attention real **** quick ! Thats as close as I have been and don't wish to repeat it again thank you.

Koga

[duckhunter]

Nobody at Queen's Park needed that poll this week detailing the level of pessimism in Ontario to know there's gloom over the province thicker than a smog blanket in July.

How bleak's the mood? So grim it makes the Slough of Despond look like the beaches at Cannes. The tanking economy, shuttered steel mills, automakers on the brink, unaccustomed have-not status, have cast a pall on the place.

It's so morose that when the funny folk of This Hour Has 22 Minutes dropped by to cheer up denizens with a little spoofery of Premier Dalton McGuinty they just about got run out of the building on a rail.

It was like bringing whoopee cushions to a state funeral.

Everywhere you turn at the Pink Palace people wear that haunted look of impending doom. You can hardly concentrate for the sound of nerves fraying and hearts breaking.

The departure of John Tory last week as Progressive Conservative leader, after his by-election loss, cloaked his people in such sorrow it would have scalded the heart of a brass statue.

As he left, Tory noted other recent developments that have turned the place into a vale of woe.

He was appalled at The Globe and Mail's recent decision to recall (and not replace) veteran columnist Murray Campbell from the Queen's Park press gallery.

Campbell is an insightful pro (not to mention a canny manager of the paltry gallery exchequer) whose expertise in economic and energy matters would seem at a premium as the Ontario government tries desperately to manage through difficult days.

Instead, the newspaper has opted to staff the second largest government in the country, one with an annual budget topping $100 billion, with one full-time reporter.

"Coverage of the big government in this big province is not a frill but a necessity," Tory said.

Reporters are accustomed to hearing politicians lament job losses and cutbacks – but seldom their own.

At Queen's Park, the shrinkage of the gallery is nearing critical proportions – a loss not only to those who work in it, but the public interest.

From the floor of the chamber, too, there's been that special oomph that members bring when dealing with matters not of mere policy but of the heart.

New Democrat MPP Paul Miller (Hamilton East-Stoney Creek) told, in the wake of the closure at U.S. Steel in Hamilton, how he spent 32 years working there, how his father spent even longer before him, and how his family had accumulated more than 300 years of service.

"It was a proud family tradition," he said.

Rookie Liberal Leeanna Pendergast (Kitchener-Conestoga) tried to bring a little morale-boosting to the Legislature by promoting the bid by Woolwich Township, in her riding, to be named Canada's "Hockeyville" for next year.

"Woolwich is the home of Dan Snyder, a former NHL hockey player," she said.

"I was Dan's vice-principal at Elmira District Secondary School. We tragically lost Dan Snyder in an accident."

The Snyder family had been unimaginably gracious in how they handled their son's loss in 2003 when teammate Dany Heatley lost control of the Ferrari he was driving and crashed while the two were playing in Atlanta.

"Do it for Dan Snyder," was the motto of the Woolwich Township campaign.

Alas, this is Ontario circa 2009. What can go wrong will. Woolwich finished third. And Pendergast, an old English teacher, knows the best summing up can be found in Shakespeare.

"One woe does tread upon another's heels," wrote the still reigning champion of political analysis.

Not to be a downer, but that might make a great motto for provincial licence plates.

[duckhunter]

Defence to announce if they are calling a case tomorrow, jury to study cell phone records

Mar 12, 2009 02:12 PM
Peter Small
Courts Bureau

The Crown has closed its case in the trial of a girl accused of pressuring her boyfriend into murdering 14-year-old Stefanie Rengel.

Prosecutor Robin Flumerfelt finished calling evidence today after submitting, as an agreed fact, that a passerby who found mortally wounded Stefanie stumbling along her street made a 911 call at 6:12 p.m. on New Years Day 2008.

That was five minutes after D.B., the accused girl's boyfriend, called Stefanie's cell, allegedly to lure her out of her home on Northdale Blvd., near O'Connor Dr. and St. Clair Ave. E., cell phone records show.

Defence lawyer Marshall Sack will tell the jury whether he is going to call a defence tomorrow.

His client M.T., 17, has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder in the death of Stefanie, who was stabbed six times. M.T. is accused of goading her boyfriend into killing Stefanie out of obsessive jealously.

[duckhunter]

The conversation between the two women at the bus stop had been heated, but Nimo Gulleid didn't give it a second thought as she boarded the TTC bus. She didn't even notice when, a few minutes later, the bus pulled over and uniformed police officers came on board.

The officers approached Gulleid, who was sitting in the back with her headphones on, and demanded to see the gun. Bewildered, Gulleid, who was on her way to the University of Toronto, stared at them.

"What gun? I don't have a gun," Gulleid said she told police, relaying her version of the events to the Star this week.

Police didn't believe her. Gulleid didn't know the woman she had argued with earlier had told the driver Gulleid was carrying a gun.

Police grabbed and dragged Gulleid, 37, off the back of the bus at Bloor St. W. and Symington Ave. According to Gulleid, they pushed her to the ground and ignored her pleas as her head scarf slipped off her head. Dozens of people watched as she was searched and the contents of her purse dumped into the grass.

Police never found a gun or tried to listen to her side of the story, which is outlined in detail in a Criminal Injuries Compensation Board decision last month that awarded Gulleid $4,000 for pain and suffering.

The board's decision, which was released on Feb. 19, found that "even when no gun was found on the Applicant the use of excessive force persisted." It also found that Gulleid was a "victim of a crime of assault." A criminal conviction is not necessary for board compensation.

The board based its decision on Gulleid's testimony and hospital records from the March 2007 incident, and said police refused to share information.

However, Toronto police said yesterday they have no record of being contacted by the board in the hearing for the case.

"We have no record of them having made any request of us for anything," said Mark Pugash, police director of communications.

[Dave@PSE&G]

Martin Brodeur, probably the best of all time.



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[Dave@PSE&G]

Can you believe that this thread has had over 10 thousand views???


:eek:

...and only listed 37 famous Canadians. You guys need a new marketing campaign. :D

[duckhunter]

OTTAWA–A Saskatchewan Conservative MP is coming under fire for his starring role at a gun lobby dinner in the Greater Toronto area next month where the raffle prize is a Beretta semi-automatic handgun.

Garry Breitkreuz is the guest speaker at the Canadian Shooting Sports Association's (CSSA) annual general meeting and dinner on April 18 in Mississauga, where he's to be lauded for his private member's bill to abolish Canada's controversial long-gun registry and relax rules on prohibited and restricted weapons.

The "special dinner draw" of this "very rare and valuable collector's item" is advertised on the association's website. Raffle tickets will be sold at the dinner for $20 each or three for $50.

News of the gun prize drew immediate outrage.

[Meat]

Canada's Minister of Science, a self-described Christian, turns out to be a Creationist as well who won't affirm that he believes in the scientific theory of evolution. I wonder if he knows that Christians are allowed to believe in evolution? Even the Catholic Church has called Creationism a "pagan" belief.
Canada's science minister, the man at the centre of the controversy over federal funding cuts to researchers, won't say if he believes in evolution.
"I'm not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate," Gary Goodyear, the federal Minister of State for Science and Technology, said in an interview with The Globe and Mail.

A funding crunch, exacerbated by cuts in the January budget, has left many senior researchers across the county scrambling to find the money to continue their experiments.

Some have expressed concern that Mr. Goodyear, a chiropractor from Cambridge, Ont., is suspicious of science, perhaps because he is a creationist...

“It is the same as asking the gentleman, ‘Do you believe the world is flat?' and he doesn't answer on religious grounds,” said Dr. Alters. “Or gravity, or plate tectonics, or that the Earth goes around the sun.”

[duckhunter]

Mark Steyn (born 1959) is a Canadian writer, political commentator and cultural critic. He has authored five books, including America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It, a New York Times bestseller. He is published in newspapers and magazines, and also appears on radio shows such as those of Rush Limbaugh and Hugh Hewitt.

Steyn, a Canadian citizen, now resides mainly in New Hampshire in the United States. He is married with three children.

[Edge]

Geddy Lee... incredible song writer and insanely innovative...
Alex Lifeson... prolly the most underrated guitar player ever...
Neil Peart... in my opinion the best drummer alive.... still have a soft spot in my heart for Bongo but he's been passed for along time ohhh what could have been could you imagine what they would have pushed each other to?

yeah CL
there ya go

RUSH....

Edge

You can almost hear the circuits blowing....
it's a Far Cry from this world...

[duckhunter]

A dang good band coming to Sault Ste. Marie on September 25.

[wtdoor67]

Did anyone mention Gordon Lightfoot? If not, what a bunch of morons you are. He's fantastic of course.

[LostArt]

We are in the 35th page Dano. What Canadian have we not mentioned?

Oh yeah. Our very own Canadian Lineman! :D :D


Plus, I'd have to re read the last 34 to remember who all we have mentioned!

[wtdoor67]

Well we only have his word for it. I think he may just be a wanna be who wishes he could make it here in the USA. Poor fellow.

[electriklady]

Two of my favorite bands are from Canada

Evans Blue and Nickelback:D

[west coast hand]

What about George (rush) St pierre I dont know if anybody has said him yet but thats one bad ass dude best pound for pound fighter in the world...

[west coast hand]

You wouldn't would you. You do "kickball".:rolleyes:

The only canadian I like.meet him once he was a nice guy and very respectful and willing to help anybody with training or advice...good dude hope he's champ for along time...

[neil macgregor]

canadianlineman

(famous for posting things about canada)

[duckhunter]

Born as Pearl Taylor of French descent in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, the petite and attractive young girl would grow up to become one of the only female stagecoach robbers in the American West. One of several children, Pearl was brought up in a respectable middle-class family and received a good education. Though she couldn’t have known it, her life would take a turn for the worse when, at the age of seventeen, she fell for swaggering and seductive gambler named Frederick Hart. Pearl soon eloped with Hart, who sometimes worked as a bartender, but more often, lost whatever money he had at the gaming tables. In addition to being a poor provider, he was also said to have been a heavy drinker and often abusive to his young wife. Whatever dreams Pearl might have had with Fred, she was soon disappointed, as her life with him proved to be one hardship after another.

In 1893, the couple traveled to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois where Fred worked as a sideshow barker and Pearl found a number of odd jobs.
While she was there, she became enthralled with the Wild West shows and was especially enamored by Annie Oakley, who she saw performing. She also attended the World’s Fair Women’s Pavilion where she listened to a number of women’s speeches, including Julia Ward Howe, a prominent women’s activist and poet.

Inspired by seeing strong women and enamored by the heroes and legends of the Wild West, she soon mustered the courage to leave her shiftless husband and boarded a train to Trinidad, Colorado. There, she became a popular saloon singer. However, she soon found that she was pregnant with Frederick’s child and returned to her family in Canada. After giving birth to a son, she left him with her mother and traveled west again, this time landing in Phoenix, Arizona. Pearl was disappointed in the "West” not finding the glamour and heroes she had been so enamored with, instead working as a cook in a café and taking in laundry to supplement her income.

However, she stayed and in 1895, her estranged husband Frederick caught up with her. After begging Pearl to come back to him and promising to get a regular job, the couple reunited. True to his word, Fred got a job working as a manager and bartender at a local hotel. While their life seemed to be happier during this time, the pair also began to live a little wildly, frequenting the saloons and gambling parlors on Washington Street, where Pearl learned to smoke and drink, and allegedly use other harsher drugs, including marijuana and morphine.

Inevitably, the couple’s marital problems started up again and after Pearl gave birth to a second child, a girl, Fred said he was bored with domestic life and tired of supporting a family. After a violent argument between the two in 1898, Fred knocked Pearl unconscious and left her to ride off with Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders in Cuba. Pearl once again returned to her parents but had gotten a taste of life in the west and didn’t stay long, leaving her second child there as well.

She was soon back in Arizona, working at odd jobs in many of the mining camps. But a woman alone during these times found it difficult to survive and she became very depressed. She tried to kill herself several times but was saved by acquaintances.

By 1899; however, she had hooked up with a miner named Joe Boot. When she received a letter from her brother that her mother was ill and needed money for medical bills, she turned to Boot for advice. Joe, who had long been planning to rob a train, had several ideas for Pearl to make some quick cash.

[duckhunter]

Of the many colorful characters Auburn’s early history, none have attracted more interest than Richard Barter, who gained fame as the outlaw, Rattlesnake ****, although he is purported to have preferred the more romantic pseudonym of “Pirate of the Placers”. He was not known to have killed anyone, but he terrorized the Sierra foothills over three years from 1856 to 1859. The following sketch of this “Pirate of the Placers” is from several publications Thompson & West 1882 History of Placer Co.; a publication issued shortly after his death; Placer Herald article, May 27, 1944 by Harry Furlong; information from Bob Elder from his book about Rattlesnake ****; and article “Unanswered Questions–Rattlesnake ****’s Death, by Norman McLeod in the Sunday Magazine section of the Auburn Journal, May 4, 1986; and the Placer Gold, May 30, 1973 article, “Who Really Killed Rattlesnake ****?”

“Rattlesnake ****”, was the son of an English Colonel and was born in Quebec about the year 1833, but very little is know of his early history. **** was a roving, reckless sort of a boy, not exactly bad, but decidedly “wild”. He was caught in the great maelstrom that whirled around California after the discovery of gold and came to the State during 1850, accompanied by an elder brother and an old man supposed to have been a relation. They settled at Rattlesnake Bar, a small mining camp in Placer County, on the North Fork of the American River. Later his brother and the old man returned to Canada. **** stayed on at Rattlesnake Bar, working for other men and doing a little prospecting on his own when rumors began arriving from Nevada City to the effect that rich quartz deposits had been found in the mountains. Many of the American River miners packed their gear and left. But not **** Barter. Going from saloon to saloon, be bragged that his river bar was the best settlement in the placers. The older miners looked on **** with amusement “There goes Rattlesnake ****”, they would say. This was the turning point in his life. Thrown as he was, among scenes and men so different from any of his previous associations, he fell into the evil courses that eventually ended in his tragic death.
The rest of his story can be found in the Placer County Historical Society booklet, “Infamous Crimes and Criminals in Placer County.” The 1904 Adolph Weber murder case is also detailed. (See books for further information.) There is also a plaque at the corner of Foresthill Road and East Lincoln Way commemorating the poetress “Eulalie” and the Junction House, which was near where Rattlesnake ****’s body was found. **** is buried in the Old Auburn District Cemetery off of Fulweiler Ave. in Auburn.

[duckhunter]

Did you know that in Fort Qu’Appelle Quebec it is illegal for a teen to walk downtown main street with his shoes untied? Its true. Who comes up with these laws?

[duckhunter]

Get this, it is illegal anywhere in Canada to pay for a 26 cent item in all pennies. The limit is 25 cents. If you are paying for your item in nickels, then its illegal to pay for it in nickels if its over $5. Its also illegal to pay for something over $10 dollars in all dimes. Wild!

[duckhunter]

Did you know that Canadian law states that every 5th song on the radio must be by a Canadian born citizen? Well believe it or not it is true!

[duckhunter]

Through out Ontario the average speed limit is 80 km/h for cars, BUT bicyclists have the right away.

[duckhunter]

No one in Canada is allowed by Canadian law to watch or listen to encrypted broadcast which is not licensed by the Canadian Government. This basically means that its illegal to use US satellite systems like “Direct TV”.

[duckhunter]

In London, Ontario it is against the city by-law to allow your grass in your front yard to grow any taller then a inch and a half. If you do, the city will come by and cut it for you then give you a fine for $200. Crazy!

[duckhunter]

There’s a law on the British Columbia books that states if you’re a bankrupt drunk who got thrown into jail, the law requires the jailer to bring you a bottle of beer on demand. Nuts!

[Pootnaigle]

Ummmm ever heard "The enemy of our enemy is our friend"

[Boomer gone soft]

What has all this to do with Famous Canadians???

The same thing all the other **** on here has to do with anything close to the stated thread......not a god ****ed thing.:mad:

It always reverts to the same tired bull**** conversations by the same bull**** *******s.:rolleyes:

Jesus Christ.....I can't figure why the majority does not want to post on this site.:eek:

[neil macgregor]

http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy236/CARLOWBHOY/c757808e.jpg

[duckhunter]

When I look at my calendar for April, it shows April 25 as Easter Monday (Canada). We do not celebrate Easter Monday here. Can you tell us what that's all about?

[Highplains Drifter]

CanadianLineman, I am surprised to see you answer Duckhunter, I know of two questions you asked him and he never replied.

[duckhunter]

Near as I recall Easter Monday is a British Protestant based holiday. I'm not sure if the USA has Good Friday.

In Canada we have, depending on Province, Statutory Holidays that are covered within Provincial Labour Law. Not all Provinces have the same Laws.

Basically a Statutory Holiday is a day of holiday that is paid. Most government and a large number of private enterprise employers honour this.


It's like trying to explain our holiday Boxing Day, the day after Christmas. I'm not sure I can.

But then again you have holidays I don't understand like Thanksgiving. Ours is a minor holiday but your is major.

I have to agree about some of our holidays, I never understood why we don't work on Labor Day. Shouldn't that be a day of laboring? I think a day we should honor differently is Veterans Day. I feel every veteran in every job should get that day off. We who did not serve, should serve them on that day.

[Boomer gone soft]

I have to agree about some of our holidays, I never understood why we don't work on Labor Day. Shouldn't that be a day of laboring? I think a day we should honor differently is Veterans Day. I feel every veteran in every job should get that day off. We who did not serve, should serve them on that day.

Go figure.....

Duckhunter can't figure why labor day is to honor labor.....

Must be a Republican!:D

[Boomer gone soft]

So...
where do I ask you about your town of Rouleau? A place YOU "assign" me to be able to talk?:(

What's wrong with Here? You're a "famous canadian". Why can't I ask about Rouleau here?:confused: You're a "famous Canadian" that is from Rouleau.

Like I said, it looks like a very interesting community. Is it predominantly a farming community?

Doesn't it hurt when you love somebody and they just don't feel they same way?

Let it go.....

Stalking is wrong.......

'course you could always soothe your bruised ego in the shower.....:D

you sicko:eek:

[duckhunter]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Canadian-bureacracy-ends-track-star-with-autism-?urn=highschool-wp1316

[a78jumper]

Betty Fox, mother of one legged cancer victim Terry Fox, who picked up the torch when Terry became ill on his cross Canada run. She died this past week at age 73 in Chilliwack, British Columbia after helping to raise a staggering $550 million dollars for cancer research since Terry's passing of lung cancer on 28 June 1981 at the age of 22. She was a tough old bird, with a heart of gold, traits she obviously passed on to her late son. Her funeral was today. Thank God for her gift of Terry to Canada and the world.

[old lineman]

Whenever film clips of D-Day are shown the film of this landing is always there.



3358


"Les Hirondelles

The only surviving film taken on D-Day of a first-wave assault landing taking place was shot here on the morning of June 6th 1944. The shot, taken from the middle of a British Navy LCA, shows the front of the landing craft hitting the sand, the doors are kicked open and the ramp goes down, as the first few soldiers exit the craft, one of them carrying a ladder, a seafront villa can be seen in the background of the camera picture. Although often mistaken for the “Canadian House” at Bernieres sur Mer, this shot was actually filmed about a kilometer (two thirds of a mile) further east."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys4734ip0kE


"Juno was assigned to the Canadian Army. Canada contributed 110 ships to the invading force, 14,000 troops, including paratroopers, and 15 RCAF squadrons of fighters and fighter-bombers. It is estimated that Canada contributed about 10 percent of the D-Day invading force."

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWdday.htm


In 1976 we went to France for 'D' day celebrations because my father-in-law went in at Brenieres sur Mer. There is a preserved two story house there that is also seen in many movies. While there we met a lady who was at the Head of the French Underground. At a ceremony in Caen, France later she was honoured and awarded a Trillium flower and a plaque from Canada. My father-in-law was a Sergeant Major for the Sherbrooke Fusiliers.
The French population love the Canadians because of their liberation. It was very emotional to see them honour him and the others.
Our son carried the wreath of flowers for Canada to lay on the cenotaph at a nearby cemetery in St. Constant filled with Canadian soldiers.
A very proud moment for everyone in our family.
The Old Lineman

[Bowline]

Whoe cares.

[hotwiretamer]

Apparently more than 28,000 viewers do.

Welcome back to the madness CL!
Glad to see you posting.;)

[hotwiretamer]

Thanks Hotwire. Considering the discussion on how a nut goes on in the technical part of this site, 38 posts no less, powerlineman.com is a great way to waste time. 3 months in jail without any chance to defend ones self is a great way to exercise FREEDOM!! But then, as Swampgas says "It's an American Site" so what can one expect, Eh? :D

And then one hears the clink of beer glasses.

Glad to see you haven't lost a step while under restriction!!:D

[Bowline]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bernardo

[rob8210]

Danged ignorant of you Bowline.

[LostArt]

Bowline, this(your link) comes right after honored vets in prior wars? Even I find that insulting.

Lawd knows don't let me be accused of takin' sides here...........

[Bowline]

Bowline, this(your link) comes right after honored vets in prior wars? Even I find that insulting.

Lawd knows don't let me be accused of takin' sides here...........

Sorry you feel that way, You've been ridin my ass about every post I make. I can't make every one in here happy.:)

[LostArt]

Sorry you feel that way, You've been ridin my ass about every post I make. I can't make every one in here happy.:)

Have I? Been riding you? I usually don't ride people unless they have been reported, or have been baiting or using obscene language. However, since you are new here, I thought I'd mention that you can't bait outside of EAYOR(and soon this forum might have changes). Your link above was to cause the poster to retaliate.

If you post "happy" thoughts in threads and use that "happy" smilie, it might help. Just a suggestion. :)

[Bowline]

Louis RielFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search
Louis David Riel

Member of Parliament
for Provencher
In office
13 October 1873 – 22 January 1874
Preceded by George-Étienne Cartier
Succeeded by Andrew Bannatyne
Personal details
Born 22 October 1844(1844-10-22)
Red River Colony, Rupert's Land,
British North America
Died 16 November 1885(1885-11-16) (aged 41)
Regina, Northwest Territories,
Canada
Spouse(s) Marguerite Monet dit Bellehumeur (1881–1885)
Children Jean-Louis,
Marie-Angélique
Signature

Louis David Riel (English /ˈluːiː riːˈɛl/; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political and spiritual leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies.[1] He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Riel sought to preserve Métis rights and culture as their homelands in the Northwest came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence. He is regarded by many as a Canadian folk hero today.[2]

The first resistance was the Red River Rebellion of 1869–1870.[3] The provisional government established by Riel ultimately negotiated the terms under which the modern province of Manitoba entered the Canadian Confederation.[4] Riel was forced into exile in the United States as a result of the controversial execution of Thomas Scott during the rebellion.[5] Despite this, he is frequently referred to as the "Father of Manitoba".[6] While a fugitive, he was elected three times to the Canadian House of Commons, although he never assumed his seat. During these years, he was frustrated by having to remain in exile despite his growing belief that he was a divinely chosen leader and prophet, a belief which would later resurface and influence his actions. He married in 1881 while in exile in Montana, and fathered three children.

Riel returned to what is now the province of Saskatchewan to represent Métis grievances to the Canadian government. This resistance escalated into a military confrontation known as the North-West Rebellion of 1885. It ended in his arrest, trial, and execution on a charge of high treason. Riel was viewed sympathetically in Francophone regions of Canada, and his execution had a lasting influence on relations between the province of Quebec and English-speaking Canada. Whether seen as a Father of Confederation or a traitor, he remains one of the most complex, controversial, and ultimately tragic figures in the history of Canada.[7]

[crazylegs]

We hung that trouble maker.

[94_sahara]

Fairly new to the site, not sure if this one's gone up before, but since we're on the topic of indians:

The first hanging

Swift Runner
Glenbow Museum Archives

Name: Swift Runner
Age: Unknown
Occupation: Hunter
Race: Native
Crime: Murder and cannibalism of wife, mother, brother and six children
Date: 1879
Location: Fort Saskatchewan
Victim(s): Charlotte (wife). Others unnamed
Method: Various - Shooting, hitting with an axe, choking
Trial: August 6, 1879
Recommendation for mercy: No
Hanged: Dec. 20, 1879 at Fort Saskatchewan

It was pitch black and brutally cold when Swift Runner was led from his cell at Fort Saskatchewan jail to start his long, last walk toward the gallows that awaited outside in the swirling snow.

Swift Runner, or Ka-Ki-Si-Kutchin, had been told to prepare for death, and seemed to have heeded the advice. He walked confidently into the yard, seeming much calmer than many of those who were there to watch him die.

Most of the 60 people gathered near the gallows had never seen a hanging, and they were nervous and anxious about what was going to happen. Sheriff Edouard Richard had been delayed by the snow and weather, and was flustered by his late arrival at the fort. The hangman, too, appeared nervous.

The execution had been ordered to take place at 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 20, 1879. With less than half an hour left to go, it was discovered that the crowd had taken the trap from the gallows and burned it as kindling, that the hangman had forgotten to bring straps to bind the prisoner's arms. "I could kill myself with a tomahawk, and save the hangman further trouble."

As the sheriff and hangman rushed to get the scaffold ready again, Swift Runner sat near one of the fires that had been lighted nearby, joking and chatting, snacking on pemmican, the thick noose hanging loose around his neck.

"I could kill myself with a tomahawk," he offered, "and save the hangman further trouble."

Swift Runner was well-known around the Fort Saskatchewan settlement, a striking 6-foot-3, with a strapping build and what one policeman called "as ugly and evil-looking a face as I have ever seen."

He had once been known as smart and trustworthy, a reputation that won him a job as a guide for the North West Mounted Police. But, as one newspaper story would later point out: "His contact with white men, however, ruined him."

That ruination came, in part, from an inordinate fondness for the whisky that was smuggled into the area disguised as medicine. Swift Runner was known to be "an ugly customer to meet when on a spree," so ugly that some called him "the terror of the whole region."

The police sent Swift Runner back to his tribe, where he caused so much trouble he "turned the Cree camps into little hells," and was eventually turned out from his community altogether, retreating to the wilderness with his wife, mother, brother and six children.

The police started to hear stories in the spring. A Cree chief said Swift Runner had "turned cannibal," and a hunter reported that Swift Runner's entire family had been killed in the woods, but a squad of officers who went out to investigate couldn't find Swift Runner or his family.

Instead, Swift Runner went to the police himself in the spring, telling them his wife had committed suicide and the rest of the family had died of starvation.

But the officers noticed that Swift Runner didn't look underfed.

"The prisoner arrived at our camp in the spring and did not look very poor or thin or as if he had been starving," one noted.

Suspicious of the story, police travelled with Swift Runner to his family's camp in the wilderness north of Fort Saskatchewan. After days of searching, they found the remnants of a campfire, with piles of bones and human skulls scattered nearby.

Some of the bones were dry and hollow, empty even of marrow. A small moccasin had been stuffed inside the skull of Swift Runner's mother, a beading needle still sticking out of the unfinished work.

Swift Runner was tried for murder and cannibalism by a jury that included three "English speaking Cree halfbreeds," four men "well up in the Cree language," and a Cree man who translated the proceedings. A leading Cree-English scholar was also brought in to observe the trial and ensure Swift Runner knew what was being said.


The death sentence was to be the first legal hanging in the Canadian Northwest Territories, an area that includes what is now the province of Alberta. A scaffold was built especially for the execution, and an army pensioner was paid $50 to serve as hangman.

Swift Runner declined to spend the night before his execution with a priest.

"The white man has ruined me," he said. "I don't think their God could amount to much."

Some said Swift Runner had developed a taste for cannibalism years earlier, when he was forced to eat the remains of a starved hunting partner to save himself. Others said he had been possessed by the Windigo, a flesh-eating spirit that tormented him and gave him nightmares.

Two hours after Swift Runner was led to the gallows, the execution was finally ready to proceed. He was allowed to eat one final pound of pemmican before he was pinioned tightly with rope and taken to the scaffold, where a thick, black hood was placed over his head.

"The trap fell, and Swift Runner went down with fearful force, there being a drop of five feet," the Daily Evening Mercury reported. "He died without a struggle. The body was cut down in an hour and buried in the snow outside the fort."

Sheriff Edouard Richard said those who attended the hanging were satisfied with what they saw.

"Seeing that the Indians are averse to hanging and that all sorts of rumours were afloat amongst them and half breeds about deeds of cruelty that were to accompany the execution, invitations had been tendered to Indian Chiefs to assist at the execution," he wrote, in a report to the government. "Some of them responded to the invitation and declared that it was done in such a way that they could no more object to that mode of execution."

One witness, who had watched several other executions in the United States, also seemed pleased with the spectacle, slapping his thigh and saying, "Boys, it was the prettiest hanging I ever seen."

[Bowline]

The only famous canadian that i know drowned himself out of humility.....