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Old Posted Jan 15, 2020, 3:35 AM
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If only WPS would shut it down, permanently... but of course, WPS never gets anything done, so it'll always just keep going and going. It's total bullshit. Alot of people getting hurt and losing their lives.

As for Calgary... oh man, its getting worse out here, as the other posters have mentioned. Almost starting to feel like Winnipeg, around Calgary lately. Especially near the train stations, and the NE.
But how can they shut the place down if it complies with all the rules? It's not the hotel, it's the people. Shut it down and they just move somewhere new. That's exactly what happened when North Main went dry in the '90's and early 2000's.

Also, I find that as people become more familiar with their surroundings, the more they find that "things are getting worse" in their new city. They start to make associations between areas and crime that they didn't when they were ignorant of the nuance.

Something about the season seems to be the reason that so many murders occur right after the new year. I've always noticed that December and January seem to have more murders than you'd expect.
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Old Posted Jan 15, 2020, 3:36 AM
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Off the land value and the social problems of Natives and others down on their luck. You are correct. You are correct others have dont it. Its too bad this is still acceptable in 2020.
There was one landlord here in Thunder Bay (he has a famous name, he's related to some hockey players) who actually complained to the media about a crack dealer living in one of his buildings. But for over 20 years that he's owned the building, it's never had locking exterior doors, it's full of mould, had a bedbug infestation that he doesn't deal with, and generally sees very few repairs outside of things that are demanded (but somehow the sole exterior door not locking is always overlooked). Instead of a garbage shed, he has tenants just dump it in the back alleyway and occasionally has the piles of garbage hauled away. One of my coworkers lived there for a month about 6 years ago and immediately moved out when the landlord's wife barged in one day screaming about the rent being due.

There was another local developer who has since divested all of his stuff since he's getting old, he bought an old hotel with the intention of fixing it up but "in the mean time" was renting it out on a "monthly, weekly, daily" basis. It didn't take long before the health unit shut it down. A Toronto firm bought it and is doing the same thing (but actually vetting tenants to a degree) and has plans to redevelop it into condos on the condition that the city's homeless population magically disappears.
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Old Posted Jan 23, 2020, 8:40 PM
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A woman has been found murdered in a Quebec City motel.

The guy who has been arrested was actually jailed for murdering his wife in 2004.

But he was released back into society after doing part of his sentence because he was only considered to be a medium risk for re-offending.
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Old Posted Jan 23, 2020, 8:43 PM
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A woman has been found murdered in a Quebec City motel.

The guy who has been arrested was actually jailed for murdering his wife in 2004.

But he was released back into society after doing part of his sentence because he was only considered to be a medium risk for re-offending.
One imagines that they won't make that mistake again ....
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Old Posted Jan 23, 2020, 8:51 PM
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One imagines that they won't make that mistake again ....
Not with him, no. But you can be sure as hell that they will with others.
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Old Posted Jan 23, 2020, 11:37 PM
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Possible first of the year. Woman found in a burned garage in Hochelaga.
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2020, 12:14 AM
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Possible first of the year. Woman found in a burned garage in Hochelaga.
Oh, I didn't realize it might be homicide. I was thinking perhaps a homeless person.
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Not with him, no. But you can be sure as hell that they will with others.
Yeah, "life" in prison is often a slap on the wrist here in Canada, then soon back out to kill again. One of the very few things I admire about the US is their general much more appropriate sentences! Just makes sense, intentionally take someone's life and you should then be locked up for the remainder of yours! In Canada, that's considered cruel and unjust punishment! Gawd, and our young offenders act is a joke!
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Oh, I didn't realize it might be homicide. I was thinking perhaps a homeless person.
Garage was locked from outside. They're thinking the fire was set to eliminate evidence.
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Toronto is at 5 so far this year.
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2020, 12:24 AM
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Garage was locked from outside. They're thinking the fire was set to eliminate evidence.
Oh my.
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2020, 1:30 AM
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Yeah, "life" in prison is often a slap on the wrist here in Canada, then soon back out to kill again. One of the very few things I admire about the US is their general much more appropriate sentences! Just makes sense, intentionally take someone's life and you should then be locked up for the remainder of yours! In Canada, that's considered cruel and unjust punishment! Gawd, and our young offenders act is a joke!
The US has more people in prison that North Korea, China, and Russia combined and our own prisons in Canada are at 130% capacity.

Recidivism rates would be lower is our correctional system actually corrected.
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Anyone yet come across the total murder numbers for the entire country in 2019? I'm thinking it's down from the previous year.
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Apparently the Amber Tuccaro case in Edmonton is getting a potential breakthrough. A son is accusing his father in the Amber Tuccaro case as well as a host of murders (11?) done in Mesa, Arizona. Detectives in Arizona are remarking on the similarity between the voicemails from their investigation and the voice recording released by the RCMP.
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Old Posted Jan 24, 2020, 3:37 PM
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Looks like Winnipeg is in for another shitty year. SMH.
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The US has more people in prison that North Korea, China, and Russia combined

The US' incarceration rate is insane for a first world democracy, but let's not get carried away here... (it's not like China is counting the million or so Uyghurs in re-education camps towards its prison population)
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Yeah, "life" in prison is often a slap on the wrist here in Canada, then soon back out to kill again. One of the very few things I admire about the US is their general much more appropriate sentences! Just makes sense, intentionally take someone's life and you should then be locked up for the remainder of yours! In Canada, that's considered cruel and unjust punishment! Gawd, and our young offenders act is a joke!
All evidence shows that longer/harsher criminal sentences just increases crime rates by causing an increase in rectivism. "Tough on crime" doesn't work. A compassionate and forgiving justice system, coupled with an effective social safety net, is the best way to lower crime rates.

That said, for a very serious crime like first degree murder, locking up for life is logical, IMO. The paragraph above applies more to lesser violent crimes and drug offices, which in the USA are punished way too severely.

Although it should be noted that in many cases the excessive incarceration rates in the USA come not from harsher penalties in the laws, but from a highly corrupt prosecution system that results in defendants not receiving fair trials.
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7-year old boy shot twice in Hamilton last night - sounds like he's gonna make it fortunately
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Calgary could be looking at 6 if charges are changed with respect to the baby that was found dead in someone's black garbage bin in an alley.
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