-- "Crystal Jean MacDonald, 46, a one-time Edmonton resident whose dogs killed 11-year-old Kache Grist has been sentenced to two years of house arrest. The dogs had grown increasingly violent in the months leading up to the attack, killing two smaller pets and injuring three people, including MacDonald herself. Crown prosecutors had asked MacDonald serve five years in prison." --
-- "The gunman in a shooting at a downtown Minneapolis apartment building that left two people dead and three police officers injured was identified as 35-year-old Carlton Neal Johnson II who was facing eviction from the property." --Those gosh-darned 'Toronto' men...
-- "Toronto Police have arrested Lakshitha Arakmullage, 32, for two hate‑motivated knife attacks targeting Sikh victims in separate incidents near the city’s waterfront and Union Station." --
-- "Peel Regional Police have arrested and charged Lavontae Bowleg, 19, from Sudbury, and a male from Oshawa who was 17 at the time, with aggravated assault, attempted murder using firearm, carrying a concealed weapon and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a 2025 shooting in a Brampton neighbourhood." --Toronto's teenage gangbanger hitmen...
-- "A victim’s family sobbed in a Toronto court as they listened to a chilling recording of an unknown man coaching a then‑16‑year‑old on how to shoot and kill their loved one — and to provide a video as proof for payment." --And not a Bob or a Doug in sight.
-- "On Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police arrested a 74-year-old man and charged him with abduction of a person under 14. The accused was not named, but police say he is of South Asian descent and was driving a white Honda Civic with extensive front-end damage." --In other diversity/strength news... meet Olusegun Onidare.
-- "In a formal motion to the Law Society of Ontario, 10 lawyers cited a recent report by Mary Lou Benotto in which the former Ontario Appeal Court Justice describes TMU — once known as Ryerson University — as a cesspit of antisemitism at which Jewish students have been spat on, pelted with sour milk, intimidated, harassed and threatened, and are living in fear." --
-- "Gen. Jennie Carignan, speaking from a conference of chiefs of the defence staff currently underway in Victoria, B.C., said both members are receiving support from the Canadian military after the inflammatory post and suggested they'll be given agency to respond should they want to do so." --USA apparently not quaking in their boots...
-- "'What are they going to do, take their two submarines from the Edmonton mall and sic them on us?' U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said." --
-- "An unidentified object, later reported as a hand grenade, exploded at Augsburg’s main train station early Wednesday morning leaving at least two people injured. Local police officers have reportedly abstained from commenting further on the matter." --
-- "Pamela Cisneros, 49, stabbed Erin Piacenti, 32, and Tak Kam, 68, Monday afternoon before cell phone video showed her being surrounded by police and threatening to kill them with a large knife in each hand." --
Well... Roy Rogers would've just shot the knives out of her hands, right?
Meet Erin Piacenti... murdered on her first week back from maternity leave.
-- "A man has been taken to hospital in serious condition after being stabbed at Wilson Avenue and Keele Street in North York Tuesday night. No suspect description has been made available at this point." --Not a Bob or a Doug in sight...
-- "Nickolaos Galanis, 62, has been arrested and charged after he held a knife near a stranger’s neck at Warden Avenue and Ellesmere Road and yelled anti‑Chinese slurs." --And then there's this.
Trust me... things can always get worse.
-- "The post triggered massive backlash online, with some saying it was unfair to target the youth program in an attempt to disparage both the Canadian Armed Forces, and the appearance of some of the women serving in the cadet program. Asked about the backlash today, Pentagon deputy press secretary Jacob Bliss said 'the X post speaks for itself.'" --
The main purpose of an army is to break stuff and kill people... you can't be huffing & puffing climbing a flight of stairs.
Nota bene...
-- "When asked by reporters in Ottawa today about the post from Hegseth, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the message was 'beneath their office.'" --
-- "CBC News publicly cancelled an editorial order 30 minutes after learning of cabinet’s disapproval, records show. The TV network has repeatedly denied following Liberal 'political winds or influences,' according to former CEO Catherine Tait: 'Independence is critical to the trust Canadians place in us.'" --
-- "Immigration and Customs Enforcement snared nearly 2,200 illegal migrants — including convicted murderers, rapists and drug traffickers — in monthlong sweep “Operation Rotten Apple” across New York state. Agents nabbed 2,197 people between July 27 and Aug. 29, which Mullin noted was conducted 'with no help' from either Mayor Zohran Mamdani or Gov. Kathy Hochul." --Now do Chicago.
-- "Toronto Police are searching for suspects after they say a commercial building at Humber College Boulevard and Highway 27 was damaged by gunfire in North Etobicoke on Tuesday morning." --And...
-- "A woman is in hospital, and one person has been arrested following a stabbing near Oakwood Avenue and Vaughan Road on Tuesday afternoon." --And there's this.
-- "Pamela Cisneros, 49, was shot dead by police in Times Square Monday after she stabbed two people and confronted cops while wildly waving two knives, the NYPD said. Earlier, Cisneros, of Queens, stabbed the first victim, a 68-year-old man, in the abdomen as he exited the subway on West 41st Street. She then fatally stabbed a 32-year-old woman at 42nd Street." --
The textbook definition of a 'good shoot'... just a shame they didn't do it 10 minutes earlier.
UPDATE: The real victim... a promising life lost...
-- "The woman killed by a knife-wielding maniac in Times Square was a young executive at Bank of America — who had recently celebrated her wedding anniversary." --Meanwile... back at the ranch.
-- "A preliminary hearing saw horrific photos of Rivas’ dismembered body, damning new autopsy evidence and text revelations that David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, had gotten Celeste Rivas pregnant when she was just 13. Rivas’ parents, Jesus Rivas and Mercedes Martinez, watched in horror during the first day of the hearing as shocking images of her decapitated and mutilated corpse were displayed in court." --It's all crush, kill, destroy.
-- "According to the Met, there were 169 arrests on the first day of the two-day street party. The capital’s police force said that they made arrests for 'possession of drugs, possession of weapons, assaults (including assaults on emergency workers) and sexual offences.' Police also responded to two knife attacks." --Yeah... time travel with me.
-- "Disbarred Brampton lawyer Pawanjeet Singh Mann, 52, has been arrested and charged in connection with a multimillion‑dollar fraud investigation involving trust accounts and legal transactions across Peel, police announced Monday. the Law Society Tribunal of Ontario revoked his licence in July 2025, finding he had 'knowingly participated in a mortgage fraud scheme' in late 2019." --Meanwhile... south of the border...
-- "An India-born cab driver sentenced to 20 years behind bars for kidnapping and raping a woman at knifepoint in 2011 has had his citizenship revoked, the Justice Department confirmed Monday." --
